Simon Chesterman, Goh Yi Han and Andrew Phang Boon Leong eds, Law and Technology in Singapore (Academy Publishing, 2025)
Jon Truby
Citation: [2026] Sing JLS 219-224
First view: [Mar 2026 Online] Sing JLS 1-6
For Singapore’s bench, bar and academy, Law and Technology in Singapore (Second Edition) arrives at precisely the moment when legal method, institutional design and day-to-day practice are being stress-tested by generative AI, platform regulation, digital assets and data-driven decision making. The editors frame the project against a backdrop of “technological advancements … at a breathtaking pace,” with the rise of generative AI and the metaverse among developments that mean “the law cannot stand still”. In his foreword, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon calls the book’s scope “remarkable,” reflecting technology’s “far-reaching impact … on virtually every aspect of our legal system,” and emphasises a forward-looking posture that keeps pace while maintaining fidelity to “fundamental principles”. For practitioners,
policy-makers and scholars seeking a structured, Singapore-specific map through this terrain, the volume is both an indispensable reference and a platform for critical analysis.
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