Welcome to C J Koh Law Library Library Orientation for GCIA students Presented by Carol Wee & Bissy Ithack Date: 11th January 2017

Outline C J Koh Law Library- History, Collection, & Services. NUS Library portal- Library Catalogue (FindMore/LINC), Searching Books & Journal Articles Sources of Law- Singapore & UK LawNet Database Abbreviations & Citations CJ Koh Law Library Home Page- Legal resources on web

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C J Koh Law Library History The library was originally established in September 1957, catering primarily to the Faculty of Law at the Bukit Timah Campus. In April 1980, the Law Library moved to new premises at Kent Ridge, occupying two floors of the Faculty of Law building.

C J Koh Law Library On 1st January 2001, the Law Library was renamed the C J Koh Law Library, in appreciation of Mr Koh Choon Joo’s generous donations to the library. After extensive renovations which began in July 2000, the library celebrated its official opening by the Honourable Chief Justice Yong Pung How on 27 February 2002. Following the Government's announcement to reallocate Bukit Timah Campus to NUS on 28 May 2005, the Law Library made its historic return to its first home in August 2006.

Library collection The C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local, foreign and international legal resources. The library’s traditional strength is in the common law. Apart from a comprehensive collection of Singapore legal materials, the library also has extensive collections of legal resources from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The library has developed collections on comparative and international law, international trade law as well as the laws of the European Union.

C J Koh Law Library - Collection C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local and international legal resources. 1st Storey- RBR, RBR 1-Week Loan (Self-Service Loan) Legislation/Law Reports, Singapore Malaysia Collection, Theses & Current Periodicals. 2nd Storey- Bound Journals. 3rd Storey- Books, ASEAN collection, Chinese collection.

Self-Service Loan RBR – 2 hrs loan RBR (1-Week Loan) – 7 days LW Holdshelf - 7 days Books on hold (Reserved / Ready for pick-up books)

Self-service Loan A Library PIN is required to borrow books from this section. For GCIA students your library PIN (Personal Identification Number) is your Singaporean NRIC no. or your passport number or FIN number without letters. If it doesn't’ work, please use the link below to reset your PIN https://linc.nus.edu.sg/pinreset~S16 For details please refer to the Library FAQ’s Please use the Self-service Kiosk to borrow and return RBR books.

Library Collection 1st storey Entrance E-Resources Legislation/ Law Reports RBR/ RBR 1 week loan E-Resources Singapore/Malaysia Current Journals, Reference, Theses Information Desk/ Loans Desk Legislation/ Law Reports Entrance 1st storey

Library Collection Bound Journals Bound Journals 2nd storey

Library Collection Books, ASEAN, Chinese Books 3rd storey

Library opening hours Term time Monday to Friday – 8 am to 10 pm Saturdays & Sundays – 10 am to 5 pm Public Holidays – Closed Please check Library website for opening hours

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Library Opening Hours http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index

Services Loans RBR books (1 book at a time) 2 hrs No online renewal Book type Loan Period Online Renewal RBR books (1 book at a time) 2 hrs No online renewal RBR (1-Week Loan) 1 week Main Shelf Books 14 days 2 online renewals Loan Entitlement: 20 books RBR & RBR (1- Week Loan) books are kept in Self-service Loan facility (Level- 1) Photocopy services Photocopiers are available in the Library. Use Cash card/ EZ link card/ NETS Flash Pay(3¢ per page) to pay.

NUS Library Portal http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index

FindMore This search engine allows discovery of the library’s online and print collections in a single search. Search by author, title or keyword Refine search by “library catalogue”

How to find books? Search by keywords or title in FindMore@NUSL

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Library Integrated Catalogue- LINC Select Books & Media tab and search by specific fields like title, author, keyword, subject or call number.

Searching catalogue (LINC) Search by specific field- Title Author Keyword Subject ISBN E.g.: Nigel Blackaby et al., Redfern and Hunter on international arbitration, vol. Sixthition, student version. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).

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Searching catalogue (LINC) Find Location, status and call number to borrow it. Please use the Self-service Kiosk to borrow RBR or RBR 1 –Week Loan books.

Searching Journal articles Search by Journal name in FindMore/ LINC

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Primary sources of Law Primary sources of law are authoritative records of law made by the law-making bodies of Singapore. The 2 main sources of law are: Legislation Statutes Subsidiary legislation Quasi-legislation. 2. Case Law Decisions of the Singapore courts.

Singapore Legislation Introduction The 2 main sources of legislation in Singapore today: I. Statutes of the Republic of Singapore (primary legislation) Ref: K7399 1985 II. Subsidiary Legislation of the Republic of Singapore (secondary legislation) Ref: K7449 1990

Singapore Legislation Legislative Process The Legislature, the law-making body in Singapore, comprises the President the Parliament of Singapore. Statutes begin life as Bills which are drafted by legal officers in the Attorney-General's Chambers. A Bill becomes law when it is passed by Parliament and assented to by the President. An Act comes into force on a date determined by the Minister and notified by a Commencement Notification in the Government Gazette.

Where to find Singapore Statutes? Free website: Singapore Statutes Online

UK Legislation Introduction The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of 4 countries forming 3 distinct jurisdictions, being England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland. Since 1999, Scotland and Northern Ireland have had legislative bodies capable of producing primary legislation for those regions. In Wales, the powers of the National Assembly are limited to producing only secondary legislation. © Travelonline.com

UK Legislation The 2 main sources of UK legislation are: Acts of Parliament (primary legislation) a. Public General Acts b. Local and Personal Acts II. Statutory Instruments (secondary legislation).

UK Legislation There are several sources of full text Acts of Parliament. However, it is important to distinguish between sources which give the law as it currently stands (sources which incorporate repeals or amendments made since the Act was passed e.g. Halsbury’s Statutes) and sources which give the text of the statute as it was originally published (e.g. Queen Printer’s copy) Public General Acts access via UK Government website

UK Legislation Where to Find It UK Statutes and Statutory Instruments (Legislation & Law Reports collection, Level 1)

Case Law

Law Reports of Singapore Law reports are the published judgments of court cases. Cases are only selected for reporting if they raise or expand upon significant points of law. Therefore, only a small proportion of cases are reported, and these are mainly from the Supreme Court (i.e. High Court, Court of Appeal and Constitutional Tribunal).

Law Reports of Singapore A. Singapore Law Reports The principle law report series in Singapore is the Singapore Law Reports. It covers cases from 1965. Ref: K7599 SLR Access via LawNet database (Faculty of Law website)

Law Reports of Singapore B. Singapore Law Reports (Reissue) The Academy of Law has re-issued the Singapore Law Reports from 1965 through 2009 with re-written headnotes for the reports from 1965 to 2002, and re-edited judgment texts that conform to the SAL house-style. This set of reports is called the Singapore Law Reports (Reissue). Both the original SLR volumes from 1965 to 2002, and the Reissue are equally authoritative as each judgment reported in both remains in substance, though not in form, the same. Ref: K7599 SLR

Law Reports of Singapore C. Malayan Law Journal The other law report series which is the major source of reported Singapore court decisions from 1932-1991 is the Malayan Law Journal. Ref: K7599 MLJ

Case Citation What is it? A case citation is a reference to a legal case in the law reports. It generally includes the names of the parties to the case year the decision of the court was delivered or published volume number of the law report abbreviation of the law report series first page at which the case is reported. Example Anwar Siraj and Another v Ting Kang Chung John [2010] 1 SLR 1026

Case Citation Neutral Citation The neutral citation system is defined in s.63(8) of the Supreme Court Practice Directions as follows: “A neutral citation is a Court-approved system of citation which is independent of the series of law reports or other publication, and unique to each written judgment. Each written judgment from a particular level of Court is assigned a sequential number, starting from 1 at the beginning of each calendar year.” A similar definition can be found in s.53(1) of The Subordinate Courts Practice Directions (2006 Ed.)

Case Citation Neutral Citation The neutral citation includes the following Names of the parties to the case Year of the decision Jurisdiction/ Level of court Sequential number Paragraph number (s) Example: Public Prosecutor v Nguyen Tuong Van [2004] SGHC 54, [1]

Law Reports of UK A. Modern Reports The Law Reports (1865- ) The official set of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales Text of each report is reviewed by judges before publication So, it takes between 10 and 14 months to report cases The only set of reports that has a summary of the arguments of counsel The High Court and the Court of Appeal require that where a case has been reported in the Law Reports, it must be cited from that source. Other series may only be used when a case is not reported in the Law Reports. See Practice Direction (Judgments: Form Citation) (Supreme Court) [2001] 1 WLR 194.

Law Reports of UK Modern Reports Title Reports Decisions of Ref The Law Reports (1865- ) (contd.) The 4 current series of the Law Reports are: Title Reports Decisions of Ref Appeal Cases (AC) House of Lords, Privy Council & Court of Justice of the European Communities K2022 4C Queen’s Bench (QB) Queen’s Bench & Court of Appeal & ECJ on appeal from QB K2022 2E Family (Fam) Family Division & Court of Appeal on appeal from Fam D K2022 1C Chancery (Ch) Chancery Division & Court of Appeal on appeal from Ch D K2022 3B

Law Reports of UK 2. The Weekly Law Reports (WLR) (1953- ) Modern Reports 2. The Weekly Law Reports (WLR) (1953- ) Timely, full text reports. Ref: K2020 WNR 3. All England Law Reports (All ER) (1936- ) Timely, full text reports; contains editorial notes. Ref: K2020 AELR

Law Reports of UK Modern Reports 4. Specialist series Contain a selection of cases in a discrete practice area. e.g. Lloyds Law Reports (maritime and commercial law) Ref: K2020 LLLR 5. Newspapers Brief, edited reports. e.g. The Times Law Reports Ref: K2020 TR/ K2020 TLR

Baili -British and Irish Legal Information Institute Free website – UK legislation & cases

Law Databases via Faculty website Law databases are listed under Resources tab on the Faculty of Law website: http://www.law.nus.edu.sg/ Case Track LawNet Westlaw *No access to electronic resources (e-books, e-journals and databases) from the library website.

LawNet Lawnet is a service provided by the Singapore Academy of Law. LawNet gives access to the following:- Singapore Acts – Acts, subsidiary legislation Cases – Reported cases( Singapore Law Reports), unreported cases Journal articles – Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies and more

LawNet

LawNet Searching Legislation Example : Arbitration Act (Cap. 10), International Arbitration Act (Cap.143 A)

LawNet - Cases Coop International Pte Ltd v Ebel SA - [1998] 1 SLR(R) 615

LawNet- Searching articles Jeffrey Pinsler, “Is Discovery Available Prior to the Commencement of Arbitration Proceedings?” [2005] SJLS. 64

Free websites for legal information CanLII – Access to Canadian Legal information HKLII – Access to Hong Kong legal information AusLII – Access to Australasian legal information AsianLII – Access to Asian law WorldLII – World legal information

Abbreviations & Citations Journal articles Dora Neo, “The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1996: Satisfactory Quality, an Undivided Share in a Bulk and other Amendments” (1997) 9 SAcLJ 362. David Feldman, “The Nature of Legal Scholarship” (1989) 52 Mod.L.Rev. 498. Find out what journal the abbreviation stands for Search for the journal title in LINC/LINC+

Abbreviations & Citations Singapore Cases Siang Hoa Goldsmith Pte Ltd v The Wing On Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 2 SLR 777 Singapore Law reports

Abbreviations & Citations 1. Print Index: Donald Raistrick, Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations, 3rd ed. (London: Bowker-Saur, 2008). Location: KB280 Rai 2008 (LW RBR; LW Reference Office; LW Reference1) 2. Online: Law Reference Desk http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/research/legal-resources-on-the-web/law-reference-desk Librarian’s pick - Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

C J Koh Law Library Homepage Legal Resources on the Web

If you have any queries, email cjkohlib@nus.edu.sg Thank you If you have any queries, email cjkohlib@nus.edu.sg or speak to a librarian at C J Koh Law Library Information Desk: 6516 2043.