| 841. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.251 |
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| Reclaiming Moneys Paid Under Fraud in Documentary Credits Standard Chartered Bank v Sin Chong Hua Electric & Trading Pte Ltd & Others
Loke, Fay Hoong Alexander • [1996] Sing JLS 251 (Jul)
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| 842. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.257 |
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| Defects in Property Causing Pure Economic Loss: The Resurrection of Junior Books and Anns RSP Architects Planners & Engineers v Ocean Front Pte Ltd and Another Appeal
Ong, Siew Ling Debbie • [1996] Sing JLS 257 (Jul)
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| 843. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.269 |
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| Book Review: Asian Legal Systems (By Various Authors for the Asean Law Association)
Phang, Andrew • [1996] Sing JLS 269 (Jul)
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| 844. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.271 |
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| Book Review: Taxation of Property Transactions in Hong Kong by Jefferson P Vanderwolk & Andrew Halkyard
Liu, Hern Kuan • [1996] Sing JLS 271 (Jul)
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| 845. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.272 |
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| Book Review: Strata Titles By N Khublall
Teo, Keang Sood • [1996] Sing JLS 272 (Jul)
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| 846. | JULY 1996 Issue | p.274 |
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| Book Review: Goods and Services Tax: The Law and Practice by Charles Lim, Leung Yew Kwong, Ong Sim Ho and Lim Yen Fang
Phua, Lye Huat Stephen • [1996] Sing JLS 274 (Jul)
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| 847. | DECEMBER 1995 Issue | p.283 |
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| Solemnization of Marriage : Conceptualization and Statutory Interpretation
Leong, Wai Kum • [1995] Sing JLS 283 (Dec)This article discusses how to identify a solemnization of marriage which is void for failure to fulfill the requirements of law. A recent decision of the High Court of Singapore offers opportunity for this discussion. While the Women's Charter lays down the requirements of a valid solemnization, and provides a definition of solemnization, an interpretation of these provisions does not yield an unequivocal guide to differentiating a void solemnization from no solemnization. It will be argued that a clearer guide may only come from an appreciation of the concepts underlying these provisions.
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| 848. | DECEMBER 1995 Issue | p.315 |
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| Of Legal History, Jurisprudence and Insanity : "Wrong or Contrary to Law" in Section 84 of the Penal Code Re-considered
Phang, Andrew • [1995] Sing JLS 315 (Dec)This article considers, from the perspectives of legal history and jurisprudence, the longstanding controversy surrounding the interpretation of the phrase "wrong or contrary to law" in section 84 of the Penal Code, and suggests that the evidence points to an interpretation that "wrong" means "legally wrong" or "contrary to law". It also considers the practical implications that follow from such an interpretation, which implications would allow for some role, nevertheless, for extralegal considerations.
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| 849. | DECEMBER 1995 Issue | p.342 |
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| Doctor Knows Best? : The Rise and Rise of "The Bolam Test"
Keown, John • [1995] Sing JLS 342 (Dec)By an examination of the legal test which sets the standard of care in medical negligence cases - the so-called "Bolam test" - and its application by the courts in the resolution of three basic questions raised by the treatment of patients, this article maintains that English judges have tended to reduce questions about what the law ought to be to questions about what doctors, or a body of doctors, actually do or think. This tendency will be criticized as the delegation of judicial responsibility, a delegation which is particularly inappropriate when the matters delegated to medical opinion fall outside medical competence.
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| 850. | DECEMBER 1995 Issue | p.365 |
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| The Presumption of Innocence : A Constitutional Discourse for Singapore
Hor, Yew Meng Michael • [1995] Sing JLS 365 (Dec)Much of the legal thinking in Singapore and Malaysia on the problems of the burden of proof in criminal cases has so far been along textual and historical lines. Little has been said about the principles and policies which ought to govern the decision to place burdens of persuasion on the accused. This article draws on developments in comparative constitutional jurisprudence, especially of the Privy Council and the Canadian Supreme Court, to explore the potential of using the presumption of innocence as a constitutional idiom for the assessment of the prevailing law on the burden of proof borne by the accused in criminal cases.
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