Researchisanimportantpartoftheworkweundertakehereat the School of Law (SOL), Singapore ManagementUniversity. This is the first research newsleCer published bytheSOL.ItspurposeistosetouttheresearchacFviFesattheSOL on a bi-annual basis. It will cover featured researchpublicaFons produced by faculty members (and researchfellows), research events organised by the SOL and its tworesearchcentres,andalsolisttheresearchoutputintheyearsofar.ThehopeisthatthisnewsleCerwillletourcolleaguesboth within academia and the legal profession at large toknowabouttheresearchworkthatwedo.Iwould like to recordmy thanks toDaniel Lim,acurrent JDstudent,forhisimmenseeffortindesigningthisnewsleCer.GohYihanAssociateDean(Research)SchoolofLaw,SingaporeManagementUniversity

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EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecQves(McGraw-Hill,ThirdEdiEon,2016)

The contributors are David Smith, AusFn Pulle, Chandra Mohan, Eugene Tan,MahdevMohan,GeorgeShenoyandGaryChan,allfacultymembersoftheSchoolof Lawat theSingaporeManagementUniversity.This isa reliableandup-to-datetext for the compulsory Ethics and Social Responsibility course at the SingaporeManagement University as well as a useful resource for academics and otherterFarystudentswhoareinterestedinthestudyofethics. InaddiFontotheAsianandWesternethicaltheories,thisbookdiscussesvarioustopicsrelaFngtobusinessandprofessionalethics.InthisthirdediFon,thereisanewchapteronTechnologyandEthicsandnewsecFonsinthechaptersonFinanceEthicsandAdverFsingandMarkeFng Ethics. There are also substanFal updates for every chapter includingnew case studies, ethical standards, guidelines and goals, and even statutorydevelopments whether originaFng in Singapore or further afield together withactualcourtdecisionsofferingimportantethicalandlegallessonsfortacklingreal-lifeproblems.

PUBLICATIONHIGHLIGHTS-BOOKS

GaryKYChanandGeorgeTShenoy(eds)

TheLawofTortsinSingapore(AcademyPublishing,2016)

Tort lawhas conFnued to develop apace in the intervening period since thefirstediFonofthebookwaspublishedin2011:newtortshaveemerged,exisFngtortsre-formulated,andimportantclarificaFonsmadeonthescopeofspecifictortsanddoctrines. These developments are captured in this second ediFon, salientexamplesofwhichincludediscussionsofnewcasesonoccupiers’liability,solicitor’sduty of care, unlawful means conspiracy and vicarious liability. The scope andimpact of the new statutory tort introduced pursuant to the ProtecFon fromHarassmentActisalsoexamined.AswiththepreviousediFon,acomparaFveviewis offered by considering, where relevant, new developments in other leadingCommonwealthjurisdicFons.

GaryChanKokYewandLeePeyWoan

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FindingCommonLawDutyofCareFromStatutoryDuEes:AllWithintheAnnsFramework(2016)24TortLawReview14-33ThispaperexaminestherelaFonshipbetweenstatutoryduFesandthecommonlawduty of care in the tort of negligence.Must the plainFff show that the Parliamentintended,throughthestatute,toconferaprivaterightofacFonthereby imposingacommon law duty of care, or should the courts treat the common law duty assubsisFnggenerallyunless it isexcludedbythestatute? Thispaperarguesthat thetwo approachesmay be properly accommodatedwithin the two-stage duty of caretestinAnnsvMertonLondonBoroughCouncilwhichhasbeenappliedinCanada,NewZealandandSingapore. It furtherdiscusseshowstatutoryduFesmay impacton thespecificelements(proximityandpolicyconsideraFons)withintheAnnsframework.

PUBLICATIONHIGHLIGHTS-ARTICLES

GaryChanKokYew

The establishment of the Singapore InternaFonalCommercial Court (“SICC”) marks a significantdevelopment in Singapore’s private internaFonallaw. This note leverages on the Singapore HighCourt decision of IM Skaugen SE vMANDiesel&TurboSE[2016]SGHCR6todiscusstwokeyissuesraised by the SICC: the relaFonship between theSingaporeHighCourt’sandtheSICC’sjurisdicFonalrules, and the applicable test for the exercise ofthe SICC’s jurisdicFon. This note argues that thepossibility of a transfer to the SICC shouldinfluence the High Court’s exercise of itsinternaFonaljurisdicFon,andthattheSICCshouldnot apply the common law jurisdicFonalapproaches for the exercise of its internaFonaljurisdicFon, but a unique test that recognises thecompeFngpolicyobjecFvesithastobalance. SingaporeAcademyofLawJournale-Firston4Aug16

The arFcle analyzes Taiwan’s legiFmacy debate overtrade negoFaFons with China. The theoreFcalconceptoflegiFmacyisusedtoassessTaiwan’scross-straitsnegoFaFonmechanismandtradeagreements.This arFcle argues that Taiwan’s current legalframework governing congressional supervision ofcross-straits agreements falls short of procedurallegiFmacyandperformancelegiFmacy. Byexplainingthe consFtuFonal design for Taiwan’s “white glove”mechanism,thearFcleexplorestheiniFalprocedurallegiFmacy deficit. As cross-straits negoFaFonsinvolve increasingly substanFve obligaFons, thelegiFmacy of bilateral agreements has changedfundamentally.Themassiveprotest in theSunflowerMovement due to the Services Trade Agreementreinforced legiFmacy concerns. Taiwan’s ambiguouscongressional reviewproceduresandnegaFvepublicpercepFon undermine performance legiFmacy ofcross-straits agreements. Notwithstanding theconclusion of free trade agreements (FTA) withSingapore and New Zealand, Taiwan’s domesFcpoliFcalimpassewilljeopardizeitseffortstointegrateinto regionalFTAs.Hence, the legiFmacyofTaiwan’slaw and poliFcs regarding cross-straits negoFaFonswill have a profound impact on its cross-straits andforeigntradepolicies.hCp://works.bepress.com/pasha_hsieh/67/

ExploringANewFronEerInSingapore’sPrivateInternaEonalLaw:IMSkaugenSEvMANDiesel&TurboSE[2016]SGHCR6KennyChng PashaL.Hsieh

LegiEmacyofTaiwan'sTradeNegoEaEonswithChina:DemysEfyingPoliEcalChallengesPoliFcalScienceVol.68Iss.1(2016)

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UnderageCommercialSexandCriminalProsecuEons:WhoReallyaretheVicEms?ASingaporePerspecEveIn 2008 Singapore created a new offence under the Penal Code of under-agedcommercial sexwithanypersonbelow18years. The chapterdiscusses themanyquesFonsthatarisefromvariouscases,andexamineswhethertheprosecuFonandimprisonmentoftheseoffendersunderthenewlawrepresentjustdessertsfortheperpetrators of sexual exploitaFon, or whether they aremerely examples of theoverreach of the law, resulFng in prosecuFon and imprisonment and theconsequent destrucFon of careers and families, resulFng in perhaps mulFplevicFmsofthelaw.hCp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2800856

MohanS.Chandra

This arFcle considers the dilemma thatconsFtuFonal judicialreviewpresentstothemostwell-meaning of judges — that of navigaFng thenarrow and difficult road between parliamentarysupremacy and judicial oligarchy. It examines theSingapore Court of Appeal’s delineaFon of legaland extra-legal consideraFons in view of RonaldDworkin’s theory of adjudicaFon in determiningthe consFtuFonality of secFon 377A of the PenalCode in Lim Meng Suang v. ACorney General. Itproposes an alternaFve natural law approach toconsFtuFonal judicial reviewbasedonRadbruch’sformula,whichhelpscourtstoavoidthepirallsofjudicial idiosyncrasiesandusurpaFonof legislaFvemandatewhilestayingtruetoconsFtuFonalism.hCp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2780732

In LimMeng Suang v ACorney-General (2014), theSingapore Court of Appeal held that s 377Aof thePenal Code, which criminalises acts of “grossindecency” between men whether occurring inpublicorprivate,doesnotinfringeeithertherightstoequalityandequalprotecFonguaranteedbyArt12(1), or the rights to life and personal libertyguaranteed by Art 9(1) of the ConsFtuFon. ThisarFcleexaminestheanalysesofthelaCerprovisionby theCourtofAppeal inLimMengSuang,andbytheHighCourt inTanEngHongvACorney-General(2013) which was one of the two cases broughtbefore the Court of Appeal. It is submiCed thecourts interpreted Art 9(1) narrowly due to thebeliefthatitisnottheirroletosubjectgovernmentpolicies to rigorous consFtuFonal scruFny forcompliance with fundamental liberFes, parFcularlywheresuchpoliciesareseenasdealingwithsociallycontroversial issues. However, the Fme is ripe forthe Court to discover afresh its role as a co-equalbranchofthegovernment.hCp : / /papers . s s rn . com/so l3/papers . c fm?abstract_id=2784274

BetweenJudicialOligarchyandParliamentarySupremacy:UnderstandingtheCourt'sDilemmainConsEtuEonalJudicialReview

Seow Hon Tan Jack Tsen-Ta Lee

TheLimitsofLiberty:TheCrimeofMaleSame-SexConductandtheRightstoLifeandPersonalLibertyinSingapore:LimMengSuangvA`orney-General[2015]1SLR26

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This arFcle reassesses the trade-development nexus in internaFonal economic law and provides the firstexaminaFonoftheapproachtorealizetheUnitedNaFonsSustainableDevelopmentGoalsthroughregionalintegraFon. ItarguesthattheemergingNewRegionalEconomicOrderinthemulF-polarsystemwillforFfythecoaliFonofthedevelopingcountriesinstructuringthelegalizaFonofpro-developmenttradepolicy. Fordecades,themisconceivedconceptofspecialanddifferenFaltreatmenthasignoredtherealityoftheNorth-SouthGrandBargainanddisconnectedtheWorldTradeOrganizaFonfromitsdevelopmentobjecFves. ThedevelopmentcrisisoftheDohaRoundrequiresafeasible“PlanB”fortheGlobalSouth.BymakinginterrelatedtheoreFcalandsubstanFveclaims,thearFcleopensaninquiryintotheasserFveroleof developing countries that prompted the paradigm shit in Asia-Pacific regionalism. The realist anddependencytheoriesareuFlizedtodecipherthegeopoliFcalcomplexityoftherapidlyevolvingSouth-Southfree tradeagreements. As aFmely case study, the analysis is basedon the creaFonof theAssociaFonofSoutheastAsianNaFonsEconomicCommunityand its implicaFonsforeconomicpowerssuchastheUnitedStatesandChina. Itprovidesanaccountofthebloc’sservicestrade-orienteddevelopmentpolicyunderthebalance of power strategy. Finally, the arFcle offers regulatory reform proposals on how to integratedevelopment assistance and remove trade barriers. TransnaFonal legal harmonizaFon and human rightsprotecFoninlinewithinternaFonallaborprinciplesarealsoindispensable. SuchreformswillstrengthenthebestpracFces forglobal regionalismand reinvigorate the trade-development connecFon in themulFlateraltradingsystem.hCp://works.bepress.com/pasha_hsieh/68/

ReassessingtheTrade-DevelopmentNexusinInternaEonalEconomicLaw:TheParadigmShibinAsia-PacificRegionalismNorthwesternJournalofInternaFonalLawandBusiness(2017)PashaL.Hsieh

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China’s NaFonal Development and ReformCommission (NDRC) issued its first anFtrustadministraFve sancFon decision relaFng to SEPlicensingin2015,findingthatQualcommhadabuseditsdominantposiFonintheCDMA,WCDMAandLTEwireless communicaFon standard-essenFal patents(SEPs) licensing market and baseband chip salemarket by: (a) charging unfairly excessive royalFes,(b) unreasonably bundling SEPs licensing with non-SEPs, and (c) making the sale of baseband chipscondiFonal upon the buyer signing a patent licenseagreement with a patent no-challenge clause andother unfair clauses. As a result, Qualcomm wasorderedtoceaseitsabusiveactsandwasfinedRMB6.088billion (approx.USD975million), the severesteverimposedbytheNDRCoranyotherChineseAnF-Monopoly Enforcement AuthoriFes (AMEAs) underitsAnF-Mono-polyLaw(AML).ThisarFcleprovidesastructured descripFon of the NDRC’s findings,explores the NDRC’s two-step approach of “therebuCable assumed dominance” for SEPs and itsflexible anFtrust approach to correct Qualcomm’sSEPspackagelicensingpracFce,andlastlycommentson thecommercialand industrial significanceof thisdecisioninChinaandbeyond.

This arFcle criFcally evaluates the interplay amongcourtswithconsFtuFonaljurisdicFoninAsia.Thisisdone in the specific context of the AssociaFon ofAsian ConsFtuFonal Courts and EquivalentInsFtuFons (AACC). It finds that the AACC has to-date made only a nominal contribuFon toculFvaFng inter-court relaFons in furtherance ofcommon goals and advances the claim that itsmembers ought to recFfy this state of affairs. Onthe one hand, transnaFonal judicial alliances haveinstrumental value for parFcipaFng courts in thedischargeoftheirmandate.Ontheotherhand,theAACCcanbeausefulconduit innurturinganAsianperspecFve to the global judicial discourse onconsFtuFonal issues. In that vein, the arFcleidenFfies the most suitable means to enable theAACCtoopFmallydischargeitsroletohelpadvancerespect fordemocracy, theruleof law,andhumanrightsintheregion.

AnEtrustCorrecEonforQualcomm’sSEPspackagelicensinganditsflexibilityinChina(2016)47(3)Int’lRevIntellProp&CompeFFonL336.(publishedin04May2016)YanbingLi

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Weallstandtogether-TheroleoftheAssociaEonofAsianConsEtuEonalCourtsandEquivalentInsEtuEonsinPromoEngConsEtuEonalism(2016)3(1)AsianJournalofLawandSociety105-134

TheSingaporeConsFtuFon,togetherwiththenaFon,turns50in2015.ThischapterfocusesontheConsFtuFon'sintendedroleasaconstraintontheexerciseofpowerofthe poliFcal branches of the government – the execuFve and the legislature. ThejudiciaryhastheresponsibilitytoensurethatthepoliFcalbranchesactinaccordancewith theConsFtuFon, including the fundamental liberFes guaranteed to individualstherein.YetonlyahandfulofapplicaFonsforjudicialreviewhavehadsomemeasureof success. In other cases, the courts have shown great restraint in striking downgovernmentalacFonandlegislaFonasunconsFtuFonal.Iexplorewhythereseemstobe such reluctance by the judiciary to play a fuller part in assessing whether thepoliFcalbrancheshavetraversedthelimitssetbytheConsFtuFon.Thecourtsappearto have a very modest concepFon of their role, rather than vindicaFng individualrights,theyseemtofinditmoreappropriatetodefertothepriorpolicychoicesofthepoliFcalbranches.hCp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2795820

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee ConstraintorRestraint?Singapore'sConsEtuEonat50

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UnderstandingCivilConspiracyLeePeyWoan

SynopsisAssoc Prof Lee presented her paper, which seeks to understand civil conspiracythrough the lens of its historical raFonale. It idenFfies that purpose to be thedeterrenceofpublicharmas the tortwasoriginally fashionedas anextensionofcriminalconspiracytocounterserioussocial ills.For lawfulmeansconspiracy,thisraFonale is exemplified by the requirement for improper or illegiFmate moFvewhilst“unlawfulmeans”servesthesamefuncFoninthecontextofunlawfulmeansconspiracy.Counter-intuiFvely,understandingthetortinthiswayprovidesameansof restricFng the tort and reigning in its “revoluFonary” tendencies. This analysisfurther reveals that the convenFonal category of “unlawfulmeans conspiracy” infact comprises two sub-categories of liabiliFes: the first comprises “true”conspiracies concernedwith thedeterrenceofpublicharm,while the second isaclass of secondary liability imposed on thosewho parFcipate in another’swrongthroughtheactofcombinaFon.

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TheFacultyResearchSerieswas introduced in2016andprovides facultymemberswith theopportunityto present works in progress for construcFvecommentsandsuggesFons.Itisenvisagedthattherewill be between 1-2 such seminars every monthduringtheacademicterm.FacultymemberswhoarepresenFng are encouraged to circulate their papersinadvancetothoseaCending.

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Re-assessingtheEvidenEaryRegimeoftheInternaEonalCourtofJusEce:ACaseforCodifyingitsDiscreEontoExcludeEvidenceChenSiyuan

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Like many internaFonal tribunals, the InternaFonal Court of JusFce subscribesheavilytotheprincipleoffreeadmissibilityofevidence.NeitheritsstatutenorrulesimposesubstanFverestricFonsontheadmissibilityofevidence.Instead,itspracFcehas been to focus on evaluaFng and weighing the evidence ater it has beenadmiCed. There are certainly features of the ICJ that sets it apart fromdomesFccourts: the ICJ is for seClingdisputesbetweensovereign states; itdoesnotuseatypicalfact-findingsystem;itsrulesandpracFcesreflectamixofcivilandcommonlaw tradiFons; and tradiFonal exclusionary rules were not conceived with inter-state dispute resoluFon in mind. Yet for any judgment to have legiFmacy, theevidenFal foundaFons must be strong and there should be a coherent andprincipledmechanismtosieveoutproblemaFcevidenceatanearlystage.Havingthismechanismcanalsoensurethatresourcesarenotwastedandrightsprotected.ThroughanexaminaFonof the court’s rules and jurisprudence and the rules andpracFces of other internaFonal tribunals, Asst Prof Chen made the case for thecodificaFonofaprovisionthatgivestheICJanexclusionarydiscreFon.

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ConsEtuEonalGuardianshipOutsidetheCourtsMaartjedeVisser

SynopsisCasFngcourtsastheauthoritaFveguardiansofacountry’sconsFtuFonhasbeenapopularthemeinconsFtuFonalscholarship.Yet,otheractorstoocan,anddo,playa part in upholding the consFtuFon and deciding on the meaning of thisfundamentaltextandtheprinciplesandvalueslaiddowntherein.ThispaperarguesthatitisdesirabletoculFvateagreaterinvolvementofnon-judicialinsFtuFonswith

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theconsFtuFoninthecourseofthelaw-makingprocess.SuchanapproachisinlinewiththeindependentresponsibilityincumbentonpoliFcalactorstoupholdtheconsFtuFoninthedischargeoftheirfuncFons.InaddiFon, it may reduce the need for courts to overextend themselves, with concomitant risks ofallegaFonsofacFvismorconflictaswellashelpwithingrainingtheauthorityoftheconsFtuFoninallStateofficials. These consideraFons are parFcularly relevant in Asia, also given the fairly recent and ongoingtransiFons to consFtuFonal democracy in this region. In that vein, and using a comparaFve approach,Assoc Prof de Visser demonstrated how non-judicial ‘consFtuFonal compliance check’ during thelegislaFveprocesscanbedesigned.ItcanvassesinsFtuFonaldevicesgearedtowardsthisobjecFveatthedratingstage(e.g.theexistenceofadvisorycouncils),inthecourseofparliamentarydebates(e.g.se{ngupa commiCeededicated to consFtuFonalaffairs) andprior toa law’sadopFon (e.g. thepowerof theheadofstatetowithholdconsent);andevaluatestheircomparaFveeffecFvenessinboosFngengagementwiththeconsFtuFoninthemakingofnewlaws.SheconcludedthatpursuingexplicitinsFtuFonalisaFonisinstrumentalinraisingtheprofileofpoliFcaldeliberaFonsontheconsFtuFon,butnotsufficient,inandofitself, to achieve a genuine pluralisFc construcFon of consFtuFonal norms. For that to happen, thejudiciarymayneedtoaccommodateastrongerpresumpFonofconsFtuFonalityandcratitsdecisionsinawaythatallowsthepoliFcalbranchesmaximumspaceandincenFvetoarFculatetheirunderstandingofconsFtuFonalnorms.

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SingaporeanditsFreeTradeAgreementwiththeEuropeanUnion:RaEonality'Unbound'?MahdevMohan

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Analysing the reasonswhy developing countrieshadentered intounequalBITs andhadbelievedthe ot-repeated (but liCle proved) claim thatinternaFonal investment agreements wereunequivocallybeneficial,LaugePoulsen(BoundedRa-onalityandEconomicDiplomacy:ThePoli-cso f Inves tment T rea-es in Deve lop ingCountries(CUP,2015))positsthattherewasliClemethodastohowtheyhadconcludedBITs.Fromthe1960sunFl themid-1990s,Poulson suggeststhat thesecountriesdidso in ‘boundedraFonal’ways–i.e.onthebasisofincomplete,inaccurate,and even misguided – informaFon, policy andanalysis. Querying Poulsen’s view that someStates negoFate in ‘bounded’ raFonal ways,parFcularlywhenfacedwithEurope’sestablishedinvestment treaty experience, this presentaFonfocused on how the recently concluded EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (‘FTA’)i l lustrates the evoluFon of Singapore’sinvestmenttreatymakingpracFce.Singaporehasabandoned the ‘old’, and has joined thebandwagonofnext-generaFonFTAs;yet,perhapsshrewdly,itisnotfullyconvincedaboutthe‘new’either.

28October2016DisabilityandHarminwrongfullifeclaims:whithercomparisonbetweenlifeandnon-existence?GaryChan

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The research seminar discussed wrongful lifeclaims by disabled children for damages arisingfrom the negligence of doctors and geneFcists.Courts have denied wrongful life claims on theground, amongst others, that the disabled childcannotprovethatheorshesufferedharmarisingfromthenegligence. Accordingtothesejudges,proofofharminvolvestheexerciseofcomparinga life of disabiliFes with non-existence, acomparisonwhichtheyregardasimpossible.WewillconsiderthedifficulFesassociatedwithsucha judicial objecFon to wrongful life claims. InaddiFon, Assoc Prof Chan (as he then was)examined three ethical consideraFons ornormaFve approaches with respect to harm(namely, objecFve welfare of the child,fundamental rights andminimal interests of thechildand thedisability-focusedapproaches)andconsidered if they are able to circumvent orcountertheabovemenFonedjudicialobjecFon.

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JudicialApproachestoFreedomofThought,ConscienceandReligioninJapanandSingaporeDrJackTsen-TaLee

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The courts in both Japan and Singapore have grappled with, and ulFmatelydismissed,asserFonsbyclaimantsworking ineducaFonal insFtuFonsthatrequiringthem to parFcipate in patrioFc ceremonies involving a naFonal anthem, flag orpledge infringes their consFtuFonal rights. Asst Prof Lee examined in this seminarwhether,and if sohow, judgeshavebalanced the relevant rights– the freedomofthoughtandconscienceguaranteedbyArFcle19of theJapaneseConsFtuFon;andtherighttoprofess,pracFseandpropagateone’sreligionprotectedbyArFcle15(1)oftheSingaporeConsFtuFon–againstotherpublicinterestssaidtobepromotedbythegovernmentpoliciesinquesFon.

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Liabilityforreceivingmisdirectedcorporateassets:reconsideringknowingreceiptandunjustenrichmentYipMan

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Ithasbeenassumed,andrarelychallenged,thatthefirstlimbofBarnesvAddy(commonlyreferredtoasaclaimforknowingreceipt)isapplicabletoreceiptofpropertymisappliedbyfiduciariesotherthanatrustee.InGreatInvestmentsLtdvWarner,theFullFederalCourtofAustraliaheldthatwhereacompanyseeksto recover assets, whether transferred with or without authority, from thirdparty recipients, knowing receipt is not to be invoked. The case concernedcompany assets transferred without authority and the Court held, seeminglyagainsttheauthorityofFarahConstruc-onsPtyLtdvSay-DeePtyLtd,thattherecipient is under strict liability tomake resFtuFon. In this research seminar,AsstProfYip(asshethenwas)examinedthebasisofextendingknowingreceiptto cases of receipt of misdirected corporate assets and how such cases aredifferentfromcasesinvolvingreceiptoftrustproperty.

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DomesEcLawinInternaEonalInvestmentArbitraEonDrJarrodHepburn,McKenziePostdoctoralResearchFellow(MelbourneLawSchool)Synopsis

HowshouldinternaFonalarbitratorsdecidequesFonsofunfamiliardomesFclaw?This issue arises more oten than most commentators realise in the field ofinvestment treaty arbitraFon. To date, investment arbitrators have typically notdealtwith this issue ina saFsfactorymanner, in somecases simplyassuming, forinstance, that the unfamiliar domesFc law is the same as the law in a familiarjurisdicFon. Canwe expectmore from arbitrators, parFcularly given their limitedmandate compared to judges? In this talk, Dr Hepburn offered his proposedanswers to these quesFons, in connecFon with a book manuscript that he iscurrentlyworkingon.

VisitorResearchSeriesVothRevisitedDrArdavanArzandeh,LecturerinLaw(BristolLawSchool)

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This presentaFon examined the applicaFon of themodern-day forum (non) conveniens doctrine inAustralia,asoutlinedintheHighCourt'srulinginVothvManildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd. The presentaFon’s keycontribuFon is to reconceptualiseourunderstandingofthe forum (non) conveniens doctrine in Australia. Itargues that while there may be a theoreFcally gapbetween Spiliada and Voth, it is so narrow that iseffecFvelynon-existent.

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TheRegulaEonofInsiderTradinginChina:LawandEnforcementRobinHuiHuang,ProfessorofLaw(ChineseUniversityofHongKong)SynopsisThistalkprovidedanin-depthandupdatedanalysisofinsidertradingregulaFoninChina, looking at both “law in books” and “law in acFon”. Since the early 1990s,China has gradually set up a regulatory regime for insider trading in line withinternaFonalexperiences.Twenty-five yearson,howeffecFvehasChina’s insidertrading regulaFon been? How is it enforced?What are the recent developmentsand trends? This talk presented key findings from an empirical study of China’sinsidertradingcasestoprovide insight intopublicandprivateenforcementofthelaw, and offer comments on the future direcFon in which the Chinese law mayevolve.

22June2016

Introduced in 2016, the VisitorResearch Series provides visiEngacademics with the plalorm topresent their publishedworks orworksinprogress.

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MiEgatedLossorCollateralBenefit?DavidMcLauchlan,ProfessorofLaw(VictoriaUniversityofWellington)SynopsisOneofthemostintractableareasofthelawrelaFngtotheassessmentofdamagesforbreachofcontractconcernsthecircumstancesinwhichsubsequentgainsmadebytheclaimantorotherapparentcompensaFngadvantagesaretobetaken intoaccounttoreducethelossandhencethedamagesotherwiserecoverable.Thisseminardiscussedthe disFncFon between compensaFng advantages that reduce the damagesrecoverable and so-called “collateral benefits” thatdonot, parFcularly in the lightoftherecentdecisionof theEnglishCourtofAppeal inFultonShipping IncofPanamavGlobaliaBusinessTravelSAU(TheNewFlamenco)[2015]EWCACiv1299.

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19Aug2016LunchEmeTalkWithLordNeuberger-"Express&ImpliedTermsinContract"

SOLwasprivilegedtohavehostedTheRightHonourabletheLordNeubergerofAbbotsbury,PresidentoftheSupremeCourtof theUnitedKingdomon19August,wherehedelivereda lunchFmetalkonexpressandimplied terms in contract. It was an enlightening session for all those who aCended, as Lord NeubergercoveredmajoraspectsoftheinterpretaFonandimplicaFonofcontractsunderEnglishlaw.A copy of Lord Neuberger’s talk may be found at the UK Supreme Court website: hCps://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/speech-160819-02.pdf

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VisitbyLordThomas

SOL was privileged to have hosted The Right Honourable The Lord Thomas ofCwmgiedd,LordChiefJusFceofEnglandandWaleson1September.LordThomasspoketobothfacultyandstudentsandsharedhisviewsonthelegalprofessionandlegaleducaFon.ItwasanenlighteningsessionforallwhoaCended.

CelebriEesandtheMedia:dataprivacycomesofageRobinCallenderSmith,ProfessorofMediaLaw(QueenMaryUniversityofLondon)Synopsis

The UK's Data ProtecFon Act 1998 (DPA) is, currently, the only piece of EnglishlegislaFonwhich is specificallydirectedatprotecFngpersonal informaFonandanindividual’sprivacyinrespectofit. InMay2017,itwillbestrengthenedbytheEUGeneralDataProtecFonRegulaFon. CelebriFeswere“earlyadopters”, tesFng itseffecFveness with cases like Campbell (Naomi), Douglas (Michael and CatherineZeta-Jones)andMurray(17-month-oldDavid,sonofDrNeilandMrsJoanne,akaJKRowling).Ineachoftheseearlycases,whilethedataprotecFonclaimwaspleadedintheacFon,itwasrelegatedtobeingliClemorethanafootnoteinthefinalresult.In both Campbell and Douglas the DPA damages were assessed at £50.SupermodelsarenottheonlycelebrityliFgantstoneedtheprospectofmorethanthatkindofmoneytogetoutofbedtoliFgate.

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RESEARCHEVENTSHIGHLIGHTS-CentreforCross-BorderCommercialLawinAsia18May2016YongPungHowProfessorshipofLawLecture:“CommonLawDevelopmentsRelaEngtoForeignJudgments”

9June2016Investment&InfrastructureinBrazil:Challenges&OpportuniEesDrMarcosNobrega(FederalUniversityofPernambuco,Brazil)

Brazil has experienced significant growth in the past decade but is now facinginfrastructural challenges. Sustainable economic growth is not possiblewithout adequate infrastructure. Therefore, direct investment in sectors suchas telecommunicaFons, highways, airports, hotels and public transportaFon areimportantinordertoguaranteeconsistentgrowthinthenextfewyears.Investment in infrastructure celebrates another important stage in the profoundeconomic changes that LaFn America in general, and Brazil in parFcular, haveexperienced since the nineFes. Macroeconomic stability and privaFzaFons havebeen two convergent effects which have combined with the current situaFon tocreateastructuralleverfordevelopment. Inthiscontext,infra-structurecontractsare very important, especially administraFve ones, such as Concessions, PrivatePublicPartnershipsandprocurement.AlthoughBrazilisadistantandexoFcplaceforSingaporeans,thereareinvestmentopportuniFes in Brazil, from tourism and services to roads and airports. ThisseminarexploredBrazil’sneedofconFnuedreformandinvestmentopportuniFesinBrazilespeciallyfortheAsianinvestors.

Visi-ngscholar,Marcos Nobrega spoketo members of thepublic and the SMUc ommun i t y i n t h eseminarwhichwasalsoa Q e n d e d b y t h eBrazilianAmbassadortoSingapore.

IntheannualYongPungHowProfessionshipofLawLecture,ProfYeoTiongMin,SC(honoriscausa),YongPungHowChairProfessorofLaw,reviewedselecteddevelopments inseveralcommonlawjurisdicFonsincluding Singapore relaFng to the recogniFon and enforcement of foreign judgments that signalliberalisaFon of the rules. References were alsomade to the regime under the Hague ConvenFon onChoice of Court Agreements 2005 and the on-going Judgments Project at the Hague Conference onPrivateInternaFonalLaw.

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8July2016SMU-QueenMaryResearchForum

In itsthirdannualmeeFng,theSMU–QueenMaryUniversityofLondon(“SMU-QM”)JointResearchForum, which is an event co-organised by the Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia(CEBCLA),SMUSchoolofLawandtheCentre forCommercialLawStudies,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon(“CCLS”),washostedbyCEBCLAon8July2016inSingapore.QueenMarysentadelegaFonledbytheCCLSDirector,ProfessorSpyrosManiaFs,comprisingfourteenfacultymembers. SMUalsohada largeaCendancewithfaculty,staff,researchfellowsandavisiFngscholar.TheForumwasprecededbyajointlyheldNewVoicesinCommercialLaw(NVCL)SeminarchairedbyDrAndromachiGeorgosouli(QMUL).TheseminarhadtwopaperspresentedwithcommentsgivenbyDrGeorgosouli.ThepresentaFonswereasfollows.1.  Paula Kemp (SMU) presented a paper enFtled “Performance in Contract Law from a Dutch and

SingaporeLawPerspecFve.”

2.  ChristopherChen(SMU)presentedapaperenFtled“TransnaFonalFinancialRegulaFonsinAsiaintheGlobalContext.”

Professor SpyrosManiaFs (CCLS) and SMU Dean, Professor Yeo TiongMin (SMU) gave the openingremarks, both of them highlighFng the significance of this joint workshop in enhancing Asian andEuropeancommerciallawresearchofbothuniversiFesandbeingthebeginningoffuturecooperaFonbetweentheuniversiFes.

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8July2016SMU-QueenMaryResearchForum

TheForumwasthendividedintotwosessionschairedbyProfessorIoannisKokkoris(QMUL)andSMUAcademicDean,AssociateProfessorWanWaiYee,respecFvely.ThepresentaFonwereasfollows:SessionI:1.   GohYihan(SMU)presentedapaperenFtled“NewDisFncFonswithinTermsImpliedinFact,”with

commentsbyProfessorNorahGallagher(QMUL).

2.   GostanzaRusso(QMUL)presentedapaperenFtled“TheEthicsofBankingandFinancialRegulatoryAuthoriFes:Wherefrom,Whereto?”withcommentsfromAssociateProfessorWanWaiYee(SMU).

3.   ZihanNiu(SMU)presentedapaperenFtled“TheSocialNetworkAnalysisoftheDirectorsonBoard.”

SessionII:1.   MiriamGoldby(QMUL)presentedapaperenFtled“TheMariFmeArbitrator’sRole:AnExaminaFonof

theImportanceofIndustryExperFse”withcommentsfromAssociateProfessorGaryChan(SMU).

2.   YipMan(SMU)presentedapaperenFtled“TheCommercialContextinTrustLaw”withcommentsfromDrAndromachiGeorgosouli(QMUL).

3.   GuanHongTang(QMUL)presentedapaperenFtled“ModernBuildings≠ModernThoughts:TheRuleofLawinChina”withcommentsfromAssociateProfessorEugeneTan(SMU).

ClosingremarkswereprovidedbythefounderoftheSchoolofInternaFonalArbitraFonatQueenMary,ProfessorJulianLew,andDirectoroftheCentreforCross-BorderCommercialLawinAsia(SMU),ProfessorTangHangWu.The2016SMU-QMJointResearchForummarkedasignificantstepinthecooperaFonofcommerciallawresearchbetweenthesetwouniversiFesandfutureresearchcollaboraFonsarebeingplanned,aswellasthelaunchofajointLLMdegreeprogram.

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4August2016InvestmentArbitraEon&SustainableDevelopment

The inherent tension in investor-state dispute resoluFon between the state’s right to regulate in thepublic interest on theonehand, and the aim internaFonal investment agreements (‘IIAs’) of providinginvestmentprotecFonon theother,has recentlybeen the subjectofmuch scruFny.This seminar thusexamined the “pivot toAsia” in investor statedispute seClement (‘ISDS’) andnewgeneraFon IIAs thatAsianStateshaveenteredinto.ItexaminedregulatoryflexibilityenshrinedinnewIIAs,andhowthishas,andmight,impact)theinvestmentregime’sreform.InparFcular,IIAsinNorth-EastAsia,Australia,India,andspecificprovisionsoftheTPPwerescruFnized.The seminar aCracted the interest of a broad range of policy-makers, pracFFoners, arbitrators andacademics, as there is a growing interest and appeFte for investor-State arbitraFon which sits at thecross-secFonofcommerciallaw,privateinternaFonallawandpublicinternaFonallaw.

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August18-192016ProtecEngBusinessandEconomicInterests:ContemporaryIssuesinTortLaw

Co-organisedbyAssociateProfessorLeePeyWoanfromSingaporeManagementUniversity’sCentreforCross-BorderCommercialLawinAsia,ProfessorJoachimDietrichfromBondUniversityandtheSingaporeAcademyofLaw,theconferencetraversedawiderangeofinteresFngandcontroversialissuesintortlawconcerningthe“economictorts”,defamaFon,theinterfacebetweentortandstatute,andaccessoryandvicarious liability. A detailed report of the conference, wriCen by Ronald JJWong,may be read here:hCp://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/arFcle/169

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JonesDayProfessorshipofCommercialLawLectureSeries2016

TamingTheMachine?Liability&ResponsibilityForMachineLearningTechnologyMachinesaremakingourdecisions.Autonomousvehicles,medicaldiagnosis,financialtransacFons–thesearealreadyhappening.Butwhatifthemachinemakesawrongdecisionandcauseslosstosomeone?Thislecturewillaskwhoiscurrentlyresponsibleatlaw,andwhooughttobe.CantheexisFnglawcope,ordoweneedanewliabilityregime?Isanyoneresponsibleformachinedecisions?Shouldweregulatemachinedecision-making technology to protect fundamental societal interests and require accountability fordecisions?The Lecture was delivered by Chris Reed, Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at the Centre forCommercialLawStudies,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon.

10Nov2016

HerbertSmithFreehills–SMUAsianArbitraEonLecture

ChiefJusEceSundareshMenon:Adjudicator,advocate,orsomethinginbetween?"Comingtotermswiththeroleoftheparty-appointedarbitrator"TheHerbertSmithFreehills-SMUAsianArbitraFonLectureSerieswasestablished in2010andwasmadepossiblebyatermfundcontribuFonbyHerbertSmithFreehillsLLP,Singapore.The objecFve of the Lecture Series is to promote collaboraFve forms of disputeresoluFonandaccesstojusFce,andinsodoingtopromoteSingaporeasthecentrefordisputeresoluFon inAsia,parFcularly inarbitraFonandmediaFon.Eachyear,adisFnguishedarbitratorisinvitedtopresentthislecture,whichwillbepublishedinaleadingregionalarbitraFonjournal.This year's Herbert Smith Freehills-SMUAsian ArbitraFon Lecturewas delivered bySingapore's Chief JusFce, Sundaresh Menon, with commentary by AlastairHenderson,HerbertSmithFreehills'HeadofInternaFonalArbitraFonSoutheastAsia.

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December8-92016TowardsanAsianLegalOrder:ConversaEonsonConvergence

There have been increasing and stronger calls for greater integraFon of many of Asia’s consFtuenteconomies. A number of key personaliFes within the legal fraternity have advanced views that suchintegraFonought tooccur through theharmonizaFonof legal rules, arguingamongstothers that in sodoinguncertaintyandothertransacFoncostswouldbereduced,andcommercialconfidencewithintheregionconcomitantlyincreased,andoughttoincludemajorAsianjurisdicFonslikeChinaandIndia.Through internaFonal instruments like the Hague ConvenFon on Choice of Court Agreements, theUncitral Model Law on InternaFonal Commercial ArbitraFon, the Unidroit Principles of InternaFonalCommercialContracts,andtheViennaSalesConvenFon,onecansafelysaythattherehasalreadybeensomemeasureofharmonizaFonofproceduralandsubstanFvelawintheregion.YetthereisliClebywayofatrulyAsianendeavourthatseekstobringtogetheritsdiverseandrichlegalandculturalheritage.InparFcular,commerciallawhasbeensingledoutasapotenFallysuitablecandidateforharmonizaFon.Thisis,inasense,unsurprising.ItisostensiblyseenasatechnicalandrelaFvelyuncontroversialareaoflaw(asopposed, for instance, to public law). It is probably for this precise reason that history is repletewithexamplesofharmonizingcommerciallaw–e.g.theUCCintheUnitedStatesortheproposedCESLintheEU.Given thevarietyamongAsian legal regimes in termsof theirmaturityandevoluFonand legalorigins,andtheinfancyofregionalendeavourstoachieveacloserintegraFonofnaFonalcommerciallaws,thereappears much potenFal for fruirul discussion. This conference is the first in a series organised inpartnershipbetweenSMU’sandCityUniversityofHongKong’sLawSchools.

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RESEARCHEVENTSHIGHLIGHTS–AppliedResearchCentreforIntellectualAssetsandtheLawinAsia

20Jan2016PanelPresentaEon-IntellectualPropertyinMediaandEntertainment

ThisPanelPresentaFonfeaturedselectedcontribuFonsfromthebookResearchHandbookonIntellectualPropertyinMediaandEntertainment,currentlyinpreparaFonwitheditorsProfessorsMeganRichardsonandSamRicketson forEdwardElgar,UK.The focusof thebook is contemporaryaspectsof intellectualpropertylawrelaFngtomediaandentertainment,andchapterswillcovertopicssuchas:

•  IPinnews,spectaclesandotherephemera•  CopyrightandfanacFviFes•  Performers’andmoralrights•  Overlappingrights:worksandbrands•  IPandsystemsofplay•  Publicityandpersonalityrights•  TradiFonalknowledgeinamodernenvironment•  GlobaldigitaldistribuFonofmediacontent

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28&29Jan2016Works-in-ProgressConference“IPScholarsAsia”2016

On28-29January2016,theAppliedResearchCentreforIntellectualAssetsandtheLawinAsia(ARCIALA),School of Law, SingaporeManagement University hosted the InauguralWorks-in-Progress Conference“IPScholarsAsia."“IPScholarsAsia”isaniniFaFvelaunchedinordertoprovideaforumforscholarsresearchingandwriFngonIPlaw-relatedissuesinAsia(includingIPandCompeFFonlaw,InternaFonalTradeandIP,InformaFonTechnologyand Internet law,etc.) topresent anddiscuss theirworks-in-progresswith colleagues fromotheruniversiFes.ScholarswithaninterestinIPLawinAsia-whethertheyarebasedinAsiaorinothercountries-arewelcometopresenttheirresearchattheConference.ThenextediFonof“IPScholarsAsia"wilbehostedinJanurayorFebruary2017.ForquesFonemailusatarciala@smu.edu.sg

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2March2016Roundtable–TheMax-PlanckDeclaraEononaBalancedInterpretaEonof"theThree-StepTest”inCopyrightLaw:Past,Present,andFuture

ThisRoundtablediscussed theMax-PlanckDeclaraFononaBalanced InterpretaFonof the “Three-StepTest”inCopyrightLaw(theDeclaraFon)andtheeffectssinceitssigningin2008.Certainly,theDeclaraFonhasbecomeanestablishedcomponent inthedebateoverbalancing interests incopyright law.Yet, theimpactoftheDeclaraFoninpracFcehasproventobelimited,atleastsofar,withrespecttopromoFngtheadopFonofcopyrightexcepFonsandlimitaFons–apartfromtheachievementofconclusionbytheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganizaFon(WIPO)oftheMarrakeshTreatytoFacilitateAccesstoPublishedWorksforPersonsWhoAreBlind,VisuallyImpairedorOtherwisePrintDisabledin2013.Inlightofthis,parFcipantsintheRoundtableexploredthefollowingquesFons.Areweinneedoffurthersteps related to the DeclaraFon, andmore generally on the limitaFons and excepFons to be adoptedwithin the frameworkofabalancedcopyright law? In this respect, shouldthe InternaFonalcommunityconsider adopFng a comprehensive internaFonal treaty onmandatory excepFons and limitaFons? Yet,could such treaty become in itself an impediment to a larger scope for copyright limitaFons andexcepFonsinthefuture?Inotherwords,wouldanapproachbasedonmandatorystatutory limitaFons,similar to a systembased on the tradiFonal “fair dealing” approach allowing certain uses of copyrightprotected works from the outset, be a non-desirable way forward? Or instead, should a system oflimitaFons and excepFons for the copyright law in the XXI century be based on a higher degree offlexibilityasprovided,forexample,bytheapproachbasedonthecopyright“fairuse”model?Moreover,shouldthediscussiononlimitaFonsandexcepFonsbefocusedonachievingmoreflexibilitywithaviewtofacilitate independent intermediaries developing new business models rather than, or in addiFon to,focusingonconsumers?

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2June2016PanelPresentaEon-TheLawandPracEceofTrademarkTransacEonsintheGlobalandLocalEconomy

Experts in thispanel commentedon the recentlypublished book “The Law and PracFce ofTrademark TransacFons, A Global Outlook” (I.Calboli&J.deWerraeds.,2016)andofferinsightson the transacFonal aspects of trademarkpracFce.“TheLawandPracFceofTrademarkTransacFons”offers a comprehensive analysis of the lawgoverning trademark transacFons in a variety oflegal andbusiness contexts, and froma rangeofjurisdicFonal and cross-border perspecFves.Contributors to the book map out theinternaFonal legal framework applicable totrademark transacFons and provides an analysisof important strategic consideraFons, including:tax strategies; valuaFon; porrolio spli{ng;registraFon of security interests; choice-of-lawclauses; trademark coexistence agreements, anddisputeresoluFonmechanisms.Experts inthispanelalsodiscussedissuesrelatedto the legal and policy-related aspects totrademarktransacFons,andthesFllconsiderabledifferences that exist in this area in a range ofjurisdicFons.

13Sept2016Seminar-CreaEveUsesandDerivaEveWorks:FriendorFoeUnderCopyrightLaw?

Copyright was originally intended as a mean tosecure that authors could create freely, protecFngthem from the interference of others and from allriskofcensorship.Copyrightwasmeant tobe“theengineoffreeexpression”,tousethewordsoftheUS Supreme Court. To this end, a balance wasconceived between exclusive control and freedom,withtheoverallaimofensuringthecommongood:to enable future creaFvity, some uses were keptoutside the control of the right owner throughlimitaFons to the exclusive right. These limitaFonshavealwaysplayedanessenFal role,alongside theexclusiveright,inprovidingagoodandvitalcreaFveenvironment. However, none of the exisFngsystems of limitaFons in the various jurisdicFonswas specifically designed to address the creaFvereuse of copyrighted material in the context ofderivaFveworks.On the contrary,whenanauthorintendstocreateanewworkbasedonanotherandwhen some of the expression of a previous workneeds to be borrowed, he oten will need theauthorizaFonofthecopyrightowneroftheoriginalwork. This situaFon might resemble privatecensorship, as private enFFes or individuals havethepotenFal todecidewhatcanbecreatedornotand to block the disseminaFon of new works. Itmight thus be quesFonable how this situaFon canbe reconciled with either the copyright’s raFonaleofincenFvizingcreaFvityortheobligaFonsimposedon States by human rights such as freedom ofexpression and freedomof arFsFc creaFon. In thispaper,thedifferentopFonsavailablefor legislatorsandcourtstosecurecreaFveusesinthecontextofderivaFve works will be assessed in order todevelop a saFsfying legal mechanism de legeferenda.

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29November2016ComparaEveApproachestoLawTeaching:U.S.,CanadaandBeyond

In theU.S., law isapost-graduatediscipline;firstyear lawstudentswillhavehadat least fouryearsofuniversitystudy(inanysubjectotherthanlaw),andotensomeworkexperienceaswell. Butwhatevertheir past studies or experience, for most, learning the techniques of common law case analysis andstatutoryinterpretaFon,aswellasthevocabularyandtherhetoricofthelaw,areskillswhoseacquisiFonmanyfinddaunFng. MostU.S. lawschoolfollowthe"sinkorswim"approach,throughwhichstudentsgradually absorb themethodswhile struggling also tomaster the substanceof their first-year courses.Somelawschools,notablyColumbia,insteadprovideanintensiveLegalMethodscourseasapreludetothesubstanFvecourses,inordertohelpstudentsmasterthemovingpartsoflegalanalysisbeforetakingontorts,contractsandtherestofthesubstanFvecurriculum.In Canada, the Province of Quebec is a francophone civil law jurisdicFon surrounded by anglophonecommonlawProvinces.ThelawfacultyofMcGillUniversity,uniqueamongCanadianlawschools,hasformanyyearsrequiredthatitsstudentsstudybothcommonandcivillaw;studentsmaychoosewhethertotakespecificcoursesinFrenchorEnglish. Studentsarenottakingseparatecoursesonthecivillawandcommon lawof contract for example but are taught both civil and common law in a single course oncontractlaw.Thestudentsgettwodegreesattheendoftheirstudies.ThisisanidealpreparaFonforthetransnaFonalpracFceof the law. Manyschools inCanada,some intheUSandnoweven inAsiahavetriedtoprovidedualdegreesincivilandcommonlawthroughexchangeprogrammesbutfewhavedoneitinanintegratedway.BesidesMcGill,however,anincreasingnumberoflawschoolsinEuropeandeveninAsiateachbothcivilandcommonlawinanintegratedprogramme.WillSingaporelawschoolsjointhistrendinordertomakeSingaporeahubforAsianlaw,orwillSingaporefallbehindandletotherAsianlawschoolstakethelead?In this talk, Columbia Law School Professor Jane Ginsburg and NUS (and former McGill) AssociateProfessorGaryBellcomparedmethodsoflawschoolinstrucFoninNorthAmericaandAsia.

Speakers

JaneC.Ginsburg GaryFBELL

Chair&Moderator

GohYihan

Commentator

IreneCalboli

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SELECTEDFACULTYPUBLICATIONS-2016

CONSTITUTIONALLAW

•  "BetweenJudicialOligarchyandParliamentarySupremacy:UnderstandingtheCourt'sDilemmainaConsEtuEonalSupremacy"byTAN,SeowHon,0218-2173,2016,SingaporeJournalofLegalStudies,NaFonalUniversityofSingapore.

•  "Singapore’sElectedPresident:AnOfficethatisSEllEvolving"byLEE,JackTsen-Ta,2016.•  "MuchAdoAboutNothing?TheEnigmaofEngagementofForeignConsEtuEonalLawinSingapore"by

TAN,EugeneK.B.,ConsFtuFonalInterpretaFoninSingapore:TheoryandPracFce,9781138914483;9781315690766,2016,Routledge,289-317,London.

•  "RethinkingthePresumpEonofConsEtuEonality"byLEE,JackTsen-Ta,ConsFtuFonalInterpretaFoninSingapore:TheoryandPracFce,9781138914483;9781315690766,2016,Routledge,139-158,Abingdon,Oxon.

•  "TheInterpretaEonoftheSingaporeConsEtuEon:towardsaunifiedapproachtointerpreEnglegaldocuments"byGoh,Yihan,ConsFtuFonalInterpretaFoninSingapore:TheoryandPracFce,9781138914483;9781315690766,2016,Routledge,257-288,London;NewYork.

•  "ConstraintorRestraint?Singapore'sConsEtuEonat50"byLEE,JackTsen-Ta,Singapore:NegoFaFngStateandSociety,1965-2015,9781138998629;9781315658599,2016,Routledge,15-34,Abingdon,Oxon.

•  "WeAllStandTogether:TheRoleoftheAssociaEonofAsianConsEtuEonalCourtsandEquivalentInsEtuEonsinPromoEngConsEtuEonalism"byDEVISSER,Maartje,2052-9015,2016,3,1,AsianJournalofLawandSociety,CambridgeUniversityPress(CUP):HSSJournals,105-134.

•  "SubmissiononSpecificAspectsoftheElectedPresidency"byLEE,JackTsen-Ta,2016,1-5,Singapore.

CONTRACTLAW•  "TheApplicaEonoftheMortonPrinciplesinCanadaSteamshipLinesLtdvTheKinginSingapore

Reconsidered"byLOO,WeeLing,1443-0738,2016,17,1,AustralianJournalofAsianLaw,1-20.

•  "TheCompensatoryPrinciple:AGoldenVictoryforaNewCertainty"byYIP,Man;GOH,Yihan,0021-9460,2016,4,JournalofBusinessLaw,SweetandMaxwell,335-345.

•  "ContractsGoverningTheUseofWebsites"byMIK,Eliza,0218-2173,2016,Mar,SingaporeJournalof

LegalStudies,NaFonalUniversityofSingapore,70-94.

•  "RaEonalisingAnEcipatoryBreachinExecutedContracts"byGOH,Yihan;YIP,Man,0008-1973,2016,75,1,CambridgeLawJournal,CambridgeUniversityPress(CUP):HSSJournals,18-21.

•  "Unpackingthecompensatoryprinciple:causaEon,miEgaEon,certaintyoflossandremoteness"by

GOH,Yihan;YIP,Man,0306-2945,2016,Lloyd'sMariFmeandCommercialLawQuarterly,LloydsofLondonPressLtd.

•  "Encounterswithhistory,theoryanddoctrine–somereflecEonsondischargebybreachofcontract"byPHANG,Andrew;GOH,Yihan,Contractincommerciallaw,9780455237688,2016,ThomsonReuters,Australia.

•  "TheInterpretaEonofContractsandImplicaEonofTermsinSingapore"byGOH,Yihan,2016,StudiesintheContractLawsofAsiaWorkshopinNaFonalUniversityofTaiwan,Taiwan.

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CORPORATELAW&SECURITIESREGULATION•  "AgencyandPartnershipLaw[2015]"byKOH,Pearlie;BULL,Stephen,0219-6638,2016,16,Singapore

AcademyofLawAnnualReviewofSingaporeCases,SingaporeAcademyofLaw.

•  "SolvingthePuzzleofCorporateGovernanceofState-OwnedEnterprises:ThePathoftheTemasekModelinSingaporeandLessonsforChina"byCHEN,Christopher,0196-3228,2016,36,2,NorthwesternJournalofInternaFonalLawandBusiness,UniversityofIllinoisPress,303-370.

•  "ModernisingCompanyLaw:TheSingaporeExperience"byLEE,PeyWoan;CHEN,Christopher,0729-2775,2016,34,2,CompanyandSecuriFesLawJournal,ThomsonReuters(Professional),157–165

•  "Shareholders'ReservePower:ImpliedTermsandPublicPolicy"byLEE,PeyWoan,0021-9460,2016,[2016],2,JournalofBusinessLaw,SweetandMaxwell,128–138.

•  “SingaporeM&ACodeAmendedtoClarifyProvisionsandEstablishanAucEonSystem”byCWaCersVol.37Issue10CompanyLawyer327.

CRIMINALLAW&JUSTICE•  "UnderageCommercialSexandCriminalProsecuEons:WhoreallyaretheVicEms?ASingapore

PerspecEve"byMOHAN,S.Chandra,InterpersonalCriminology:RevisiFngInterpersonalCrimesandVicFmizaFon,9781498748599,2016,CRCPress,BocaRaton,FL.

•  "TheRegulaEonoftheRecreaEonalUseof“Drones”forAerialPhotography"byCHEN,Siyuan,2016,34.

DISPUTERESOLUTION&CONFLICTMANAGEMENT•  "TheResoluEonofDisputesBeforetheSingaporeInternaEonalCommercialCourt"byYIP,Man,

0020-5893,2016,65,2,InternaFonalandComparaFveLawQuarterly,CambridgeUniversityPress(CUP):HSSJournals-NoCambridgeOpen,439-473.

CHIINESELAW•  “DoestheHousingMarketandAbsenceofConsumerBankruptcyProtecEonMakeInterpretaEon(III)of

theChineseMarriageLawBeneficialtoWomen,NotMen?”byCWaCers&CWeng,3PropertyLawJournal101(2016)

•  “DoAllRoadsLeadtoChina?ChineseCommercialLawScholarshipinthePastDecade(Part1)”byW

Shen&CWaCersTheChinaReview,Vol.16,No.2(Spring2016)•  “DoAllRoadsLeadtoChina?ChineseCommercialLawScholarshipinthePastDecade(Part2)”byW

Shen&CWaCersTheChinaReview,Vol.16,No.3(Fall2016)

•  “AnEtrustCorrecEonforQualcomm’sSEPsPackageLicensinganditsFlexibilityinChina”byYLi,(2016)47(3)Int’lRevIntellProp&CompeFFonL336.

•  “UnderstandingthePresumpEonofInnocenceinChina:InsEtuEonandPracEce,”byXLin&CWaCersinChineseLegalReformandtheGlobalLegalOrder.(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress)(Forthcoming).

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ETHICS&SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY(LEGAL,BUSINESS,PROFESSIONAL)

•  "AccounEngEthics"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill.

•  "AdverEsingandMarkeEngEthics"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:Asianand

WesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill.•  "CorporateSocialResponsibility:AnIntroducEon"byTAN,EugeneK.B.,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:

AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "CorrupEoninCommercialTransacEons"byPULLÉ,AusFn,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:Asianand

WesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "EnvironmentandEthics"bySHENOY,GeorgeT.L.,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWestern

PerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "EthicsandSocialResponsibilityinInternaEonalBusiness"bySMITH,DavidN;MOHANMahdev,Ethics

andSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecEves"byCHAN,GaryKokYew;SHENOY,

GeorgeT.L.,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "FinanceEthics"bySMITH,David,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,

9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "LegalEthics"byMOHAN,S.Chandra,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,

9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "ProfessionalEthics"byMOHAN,S.Chandra,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWestern

PerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "TechnologyandEthics"bySMITH,David;CHAN,GaryKokYew,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:Asianand

WesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.•  "TheoriesofEthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecEves"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,

EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill.•  "WorkplaceEthicsI:TheWorkplaceandSociety,SexualHarassmentandDiscriminaEon"byPULLÉ,

AusFn,EthicsandSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.

•  "WorkplaceEthicsII:Privacy,ConflictofInterestandWhistle-blowing"bySHENOY,GeorgeT.L.,Ethics

andSocialResponsibility:AsianandWesternPerspecFves,9789814575393,2016,McGraw-Hill,Singapore.

EQUITY&TRUSTS•  "EquityandTrusts:DreamingandBuildingaSingaporeEquitableJurisdicEon"byYIP,Man,The

DevelopmentofSingaporeLaw:TwentyYearsoftheApplicaFonofEnglishLawAct,2016,AcademyPublishing,245-270,Singapore.

•  "TheTrusteeExcepEoninLloyd'svHarper:Loss,Liabilityand'Black-Holes'"byTHAM,CheeHo,

0023-933X,2016,132,LawQuarterlyReview,SweetandMaxwell,148.

•  "NavigaEngtheMaze:MakingSenseofEquitableCompensaEonandAccountofProfitsforBreachofFiduciaryDuty"byYIP,Man;GOH,Yihan,0218-2009,2016,SingaporeAcademyofLawJournal

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EVIDENCE•  "TheLawofEvidenceinSingapore"byCHEN,Siyuan;LEO,Lionel,9789810981235,2016,Sweet&

Maxwell.

FAMILYLAW•  "FamilyLaw"byCHEN,Siyuan,0219-6638,2016,16,SingaporeAcademyofLawAnnualReviewof

SingaporeCases,SingaporeAcademyofLaw,464–501.

•  "OverviewofMatrimonialFinanceinOtherJurisdicEons"byCHEN,Siyuan,LawandPracFceofFamilyLawinSingapore,9789810981266,2016,Sweet&Maxwell,571–591.

HUMANRIGHTSLAW•  "TheLimitsofLiberty:TheCrimeofMaleSame-sexConductandtheRightstoLifeandPersonalLibertyin

Singapore:LimMengSuangvA`orney-General[2015]1SLR26"byLEE,JackTsen-Ta,0378-0600,2016,46,1,HongKongLawJournal,HongKongLawJournalLtd.,49-70.

LAWOFINTELLECTUALPROPERTY&INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYLAW•  "TheErosionofAutonomyinOnlineConsumerTransacEons"byMIK,Eliza,1757-9961,2016,8,1,Law,

InnovaFonandTechnology,Taylor&Francis(Routledge):SSHTitles-noOpenSelect,1-38.•  "StatutoryDamagesforUseofa“CounterfeitTradeMark”andforCopyrightInfringementinSingapore:

ARadicalRemedyintheLawofIntellectualPropertyorOneinNeedofaRethink?"byLLEWELYN,David,0218-2009,2016,28,SingaporeAcademyofLawJournal,SingaporeAcademyofLaw,61-88.

•  “ReviewingInternaEonalCopyrightLawbyJaneC.GinsburgandEdouardTreppoz”,BookreviewbyYLi,(2016)46(3)HongKongLJ(forthcoming).

LAWOFTORTS•  "TortLaw"byAMIRTHALINGAM,Kumaralingam;CHAN,GaryK.Y.,AnnualReviewofSingaporeCases2015,

2016,16,AcademyPublishing,632-672,Singapore.•  "EconomicTorts"byLEE,PeyWoan,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,Academy

Publishing,Singapore.

•  "AbuseofProcessandPower:MaliciousProsecuEonandMisfeasanceinPublicOffice"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,737-752,Singapore.

•  "BreachofStatutoryDuty"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,373-406,Singapore.

•  "DutyofCare:ContractualandStatutoryFrameworks"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsin

Singapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,193-225,Singapore.

•  "DutyofCare:OrdinaryDuEes,SpecialScenariosandParEes"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,113-191,Singapore.

•  "FalseRepresentaEons"byCHAN,GaryKokYew;LeePeyWoan,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,

9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,601-649,Singapore.•  "IntenEonalTortstothePerson"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,

2016,AcademyPublishing,35-76,Singapore.

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LAWOFTORTS•  "InterferencewithLand"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,

AcademyPublishing,407-458,Singapore.

•  "IntroducEontolawoftorts"byCHAN,GaryKokYew,TheLawofTortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,1-34,Singapore.

•  "ParEes,JointTortsandPersonalLiabilityforTorts"byCHAN,GaryKokYew;LeePeyWoan,TheLawof

TortsinSingapore,9789810977092,2016,AcademyPublishing,753-777,Singapore.•  "FindingCommonLawDutyofCarefromStatutoryDuEes:AllWithintheAnnsFramework"byCHAN,

GaryKokYew,1039-3285,2016,24,TortLawReview,ThomsonReuters(Professional),14–33.•  "AccessoryLiability"byLEE,PeyWoan,AccessoryLiability,0023-933X;9781849462877,2016,132,Law

QuarterlyReview,SweetandMaxwell,338-340.LEGALEDUCATION•  "MoreThoughtsonAnotherRecord-BreakingSeasonforSingapore’sInternaEonalMooters"byCHEN,

Siyuan,1019-942X,2016,SingaporeLawGazeCe,BuCerworths.

LEGALISSUESINTRANSBORDERTRADE&INVESTMENT•  "LegiEmacyofTaiwan’sTradeNegoEaEonswithChina:DemysEfyingPoliEcalChallenges"byHSIEH,

Pasha,0032-3187;2041-0611,2016,68,1,PoliFcalScience,SAGEPublicaFons(UKandUS).•  "Trade,Investment,InnovaEonandtheirImpactonAccesstoMedicines:AnAsianPerspecEve"byHSU,

Locknie,9781107072732;9781316532188,2016,CambridgeUniversityPress,Cambridge.

LEGALSYSTEMS,THEORY&REGULATION•  "InternaEonalEncyclopaediaofLaws:CivilProcedureinSingapore"byCHEN,Siyuan;CHUA,Eunice,

9789041168450,2016,WoltersKluwerLaw&Business.

UNJUSTENRICHMENT&RESTITUTION•  "ResEtuEonofNon-GratuitouslyConferredBenefitinMalaysia:ACaseforSowingtheUnjustEnrichment

Seed"bySEE,AlvinW.L,1932-0205,2016,11,1,AsianJournalofComparaFveLaw,CambridgeUniversityPress(CUP):HSSJournals-NoCambridgeOpen,141-162.

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