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Historical Sources of Singapore Law: Bibliography

Books

A selection of books that trace the history of the Singapore legal system. Includes rare materials on the Straits Settlements:

A. Legal System (Modern Sources)

The Applicable law in Singapore and Malaysia : a guide to reception, precedent and the sources of law in the Republic of Singapore and the Federation of Malaysia by Michael F. Rutter
Call Number: KE5020 Rut
The Common law abroad : constitutional and legal legacy of the British empire : an annotated bibliography of titles relating to the colonial dependencies of Great Britain held by twelve great law libraries by Jerry Dupont
Call Number: KB280 Dup 2001
Refer to Section 6 on British Far East
The Constitution of Singapore : a contextual analysis by Kevin Y. L. Tan
Call Number: KE5022 Tan 2015
Constitutional and administrative law in Singapore : cases, materials and commentary by Kevin YL Tan, Thio Li-ann
Call Number: KE5022 Tan 2021
Constitutional change in Singapore: reforming the elected presidency by Jaclyn L. Neo and Swati S. Jhaveri (editors)
Publication Date: 2020
ebook
Constitutional interpretation in Singapore: theory and practice by Jaclyn L. Neo (editor)
Publication Date: 2017
ebook
Constitutional law in Malaysia and Singapore by Kevin Y. L. Tan, Thio Li-ann
Call Number: KE5022 Tan 2010
3rd ed
The Development of Singapore law : historical and socio-legal perspectives by Andrew Phang Boon Leong
Call Number: KE5020 Pha
Developments in Singapore law between 1996 and 2000 by Kenneth Tan Wee Kheng (general editor)
Call Number: KE5008 Salc 2001
Encounters with Singapore legal history : essays in memory of Geoffrey Wilson Bartholomew by Kevin Y. L. Tan, Michael Hor (editors)
Call Number: KE5020 Enc 2009
Essays in Singapore law by R. H. Hickling
Call Number: KE5020 Hic
Essays in Singapore legal history by Kevin Y. L. Tan (editor)
Call Number: KE5020.4 Ess 2005
From foundation to legacy : the Second Charter of Justice by Andrew Phang Boon Leong
Call Number: KE5020.4 Pha 2006
A History of Singapore, 1819-1988 by C. M. Turnbull
Call Number: DS599.6 Tur 1989
2nd ed
Imprints of Singapore law : a brief history of legal publishing In Singapore by Singapore Academy of Law
Call Number: KE5280.3 Imp 2017
Legal legacies : the storeys of Singapore law
Call Number: KE5020.4 Leg 2018
Project by the Singapore Academy of Law Legal Heritage Committee
Legal legacies : the story of Singapore law by the Singapore Academy of Law Legal Heritage Committee, supported by the National Heritage Board
Call Number: KE5020.4 Leg 2011
Legal tenor : voices from Singapore's legal history 1930-1959 by Eleanor Wong (curator)
Call Number: KE5252 Leg 2014
Malaya and Singapore, the Borneo territories : the development of its laws and constitution by L. A. Sheridan (editor)
Call Number: KE5022 May 1961
Readings in Malay adat laws by M. B. Hooker (editor)
Call Number: KE5020 Hoo
Singapore and international law : the early years : essays in memory of S Tiwari by Kevin Y. L. Tan (editor)
Call Number: KE5020 Sin 2011
Singapore law : 50 years in the making by general editors, Goh Yihan, Paul Tan
Call Number: KE5020 Sin 2015
The Singapore legal system by Kevin Y. L. Tan (editor)
Call Number: KE5020 Sig
2nd ed
A source book of adat, Chinese law & the history of common law in the Malayan Peninsula by M. B. Hooker (editor and compiler)
Call Number: KE5020 Hoo
The Straits Settlements, 1826-67 : Indian presidency to crown colony by C. M. Turnbull
Call Number: DS596.2 Tur
Towards a history of law in Malaysia and Singapore by Ahmad bin Mohd. Ibrahim
Call Number: KE5020 Ai

B. Legal System (Historical Sources)

A Commentary on the Common Gaming Houses Ordinance (V of 1888) by Sir Roland St John Braddell
Call Number: KE5079 Gam.B
Common gaming houses : a commentary on ordinance no. 45 (common gaming houses) by Sir Roland St John Braddell
Call Number: KE5079 Gam.B
2nd ed.
The Constitution of the Colony of the Straits Settlements and of the Federated and Unfederated Malay States
Call Number: KE5020 Win
The Courts Ordinance XXX of 1907: as amended by Ordinance XI of 1910 annotated by R. G. van Someren.
Call Number: K7421 Cou.1914
An Introduction to the study of the law administered in the Colony of the Straits Settlements. by Walter J. Napier
Call Number: KE5020 Nap
The Law and customs of the Malays with reference to the tenure of land by William Edward Maxwell
E-book in National Library Online
The Law of the Straits Settlements : a commentary by Roland St. John Braddell
Call Number: KE5020 Bra
Publication Date: 1915
In LW Rare Books collection (restricted access)
The Law of the Straits Settlements : a commentary by Sir Roland St John Braddell
Call Number: KE5020 Bra
Publication Date: 1931-1932 (2nd ed.)
The Law of the Straits Settlements : a commentary by Sir Roland St John Braddell
Call Number: KE5020 Bra
Publication Date: 1982 (3rd ed.)
Reprint of 1st ed dated 1915
A Manual of the law of extradition and fugitive offenders applicable to the eastern dependencies of the British Empire (the Straits Settlements, Hong-Kong, India, Ceylon and the Protected States of Malaya and Borneo) by Aloysius de Mello
Call Number: JX4353 Str.M
2nd ed.
Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824 : with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago and selectio
E-book in National Library Online
One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919 by Walter Makepeace, Gilbert E. Brooke, Roland St. J. Braddell (general editors)
Call Number: DS599.6 Mak (Central Library)
One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919 by Walter Makepeace, Gilbert E. Brooke, Roland St. J. Braddell (general editors)
E-book in Internet Archive
A short treatise on registration of title in the Federated Malay States : with reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court under the Land and Mining Laws from 1907 to 1913 by J. R. Innes
Call Number: K7625 Lan.I
The Straits Settlements practice containing the Courts Ordinance and civil procedure rules ... by Bashir Mallal and Nazir Mallal ; revised and edited by J. Bernard Weiss
Call Number: K7546 Sup
The Torrens system of conveyancing by registration of title : with an account of the practice of the Lands Titles Office in Adelaide, South Australia, and suggestions as to the introduction of the system in the Straits Settlements by William Edward Maxwell
Call Number: KE5169.8 Tit.M

C. Lawyers/ Law Firms

60 years at the Singapore Bar : reflections & ruminations by TPB Menon
Call Number: KE5015 *Men.Si 2022
Allen & Gledhill centenary by Julian Davison
Call Number: KE5267 Dav 2002
The History of Drew & Napier 1889-1989 by Ilsa Sharp (writer)
Call Number: KE5267 His 1990
Rodyk: 150 years by Cheong Suk-Wai
Call Number: KE5267 Che 2011
Wee Swee Teow & Co. : a centenary legacy by Kevin Y. L. Tan
Call Number: KE5267 Tan 2012

D. Legal Organisations

Access to justice : 50 years of legal aid by Colin Cheong and Lim Hui Min
Call Number: KE5087 Che 2008
Fiat justitia : fifty years of the Law Society of Singapore by Kevin Y.L. Tan
Call Number: KE5252 Tan 2017
In Chambers: 150 years of upholding the rule of law by Cheong Suk-Wai
Call Number: KE5089 Att.Ch 2017

E. Legal Education

The Lamp of the law : 60 years of legal education at NUS Law by Kevin Y.L. Tan
Call Number: KE5233.1 Nusfl.Ta 2017
Report on the development of the Faculty of Law by S. Jayakumar, Chin Tet Yung
Call Number: KE5233.1 Nusfl.Ja 1981

Online: Digital Gems - Law

Indexes

A few of these indexes are accompanied by detailed commentaries on the sources of law.

A chronological table of the Imperial acts applicable to the Straits Settlements, the Indian acts in force in the Straits Settlements and of the ordinances of the Straits Settlements ... in force on the 31st December, 1911 ... by William George Maxwell (compiler)
Call Number: K7571 Ss
5th ed.

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