Publication Type
Blog Post
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2017
Abstract
A lawyer’s tools of the trade were his law books. In those days, a firm’s library was very manageable. There were few commentaries and the text of the law – cases and legislation – were self-contained. Local case law that was reported took up only a volume each year in the Malayan Law Journal. Older firms may have had the early Kyshe’s law reports. Statutes were contained in four volumes – DK Walters, who had written the definitive commentary on Municipal Ordinances, was published in one volume. Roland Braddell’s ‘The Law of the Straits Settlements’ was another volume. For a litigator, there was the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act, the same volumes used by lawyers.
Discipline
Legal Profession | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Innovation, Technology and the Law
Citation
CHANG, Zi Qian; KOH, Edmund; SOH, Jerrold; and FAN, Bu.
Technology and data as lawyers’ allies: From data to insights. (2017).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2781
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https://v1.lawgazette.com.sg/2017-01/1753.htm