An empirical study on the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citation of academic works: Reflections on the relationship between Singapore’s judiciary and academia

Author

Wui Ling CHEAH, National University of Singapore
Yihan GOH, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

3-2017

Abstract

In the light of Singapore’s aspiration to be a centre of legal ideas in the region, it is opportune to examine the Singapore courts’ use of legal scholarship. This article provides a preliminary map of the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citation practices. It provides an overview of the Singapore Court of Appeal’s use or citation of legal scholarship in its decisions over the past 50 years. It identifies and evaluates trends in the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citations of academic material and the types of academic material cited.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Courts | Legal History

Publication

Singapore Academy of Law Journal

Volume

29

First Page

75

Last Page

125

ISSN

0218-2009

Publisher

Singapore Academy of Law

Citation

CHEAH, Wui Ling and GOH, Yihan. An empirical study on the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citation of academic works: Reflections on the relationship between Singapore’s judiciary and academia. (2017). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 29, 75-125.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2143

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