Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2019
Abstract
This article presents findings from an empirical network analysis of citation practices in Singapore's highest court.A network of all 987 reported Court of Appeal judgments handed down from 2000 to 2017 is constructed. Networkcentrality algorithms are used to rank judgments by centrality. Judgments on contract law, particularly on contractual interpretation and terms, emerge as the most central. Based on this, this article argues that more attention can be paid to interpretation per se as a legal skill. More generally, this article establishes a framework for applying network analysis to Singapore jurisprudence on a larger scale.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Courts | Scholarly Communication
Research Areas
Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume
2019
Issue
31
First Page
246
Last Page
284
ISSN
0218-2009
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
Citation
SOH, Jerrold Tsin Howe.
A network analysis of the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citations to precedent. (2019). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 2019, (31), 246-284.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4705
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