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In the United States, UK, and Australia in the recent years criminal proceedings have been brought against members of a small immigrant Muslim community that practices, for religious reasons, both male and female circumcision. In this community, the typical procedure for girls is less physically invasive than the procedure for boys and neither operation is medically necessary. Yet only the procedure for girls has been considered illegal. Do parents have a right to authorise, and doctors to perform, religious rituals involving genital cutting or tissue-removal on non-consenting (e.g., prepubertal) minors? This seminar reviews the ongoing legal and ethical debates in this area and point to key areas requiring further attention.

Professor John Murphy from University of Hong Kong led the discussion, where a defendant (D) induces a third party (T) to act in a way that contravenes the terms of a court order granted in favour of a plaintiff (P) in an action brought by P against T, does D commit a tort that arises by analogy with the wrong of inducing breach of contract?

Dr Orit Gan looks at the 'arbitration debate' in this seminar where she discussed Supreme Court decisions, revealing, not only different interpretation and application of the FAA, but also mainly profound different perspectives on contract and contract law.

Catharine MacMillan, Professor of Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London looks at the coronation cases in their historical setting. Arising from the postponement of Edward VII's coronation in June 1902, the cases have long been recognised as important in the development of the doctrine of frustration in the common law.

PLRG conducted our first public seminar for the year 2023 with Dr Nick Sage, Associate Professor at LSE Law School. Titled, 'Is Contract Law Liberal?", Dr Sage's presentation propose that a liberal theory of contract should focus not on autonomy but on toleration.

Professor Ying Liew leads this group discussion on the recent UKSC decision in Guest v Guest. The session was chaired by Professor Kelvin Low.

This Chapter examines the doctrine of frustration in Singaporean law and its application to contracts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Irina Sakharova analyses the nature of expectation in contractual relationships that not only succeeds in vindicating the contractual status of simultaneous transactions that have traditionally been regarded as contracts but also does so without introducing new complications in the analysis of private law relations.

Professor Tan Cheng Han leads a discussion on his paper, 'Implied Terms in Undisclosed Agency' followed by a discussion on  understanding the attribution rules in private law by Professor James Penner.

Globalisation impacts every aspect of modern society and today's law graduates are expected to deal with complex legal problems that require knowledge and training that goes beyond domestic law. This textbook provides an overview of how law is becoming increasingly transnational, facilitating theoretical and practical engagement with transnational legal institutions and phenomena.

Professor James Penner's leads the discussion on his paper, 'Following, Tracing and Claiming Assets in a Dematerialised and Borderless World'.

Professor Michael Bridge builds on the notion that the conversion of paper to electronic format provides an opportunity to expand the overly narrow conception of what constitutes a document of title to goods or, to similar effect, the ways in which constructive delivery might be accomplished once a bailee issues documents in transferable form concerning the goods.