National University of Singapore Press
A Gentleman of the Law
Essays in Memory of Professor Tan Yock Lin
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A Gentleman of the Law
Essays in Memory of Professor Tan Yock Lin
At once a tribute to one of Singapore’s leading legal scholars and a scholarly assessment of his contributions to the discipline.
Singaporean legal scholar Tan Yock Lin (1952–2023) was a distinguished figure in Singapore’s legal community and an emeritus professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Known for his unparalleled knowledge of Singaporean law, intellectual rigor, and deep personal integrity, Tan’s scholarship helped define and advance the study of law in Singapore. This volume brings together twelve essays by eminent legal scholars addressing the wide-ranging fields in which Tan made lasting scholarly contributions: equity and trusts, personal property, international law, and the law of evidence and criminal justice. Alongside these are personal tributes that offer glimpses into the ways Tan touched the lives of those around him as a student, teacher, mentor, and colleague.
At once an academic contribution and a work of remembrance, A Gentleman of the Law honours the legacy of a scholar whose impact will long continue to shape the legal landscape in Singapore and beyond. This volume is an essential addition to any collection on Singapore law.
Singaporean legal scholar Tan Yock Lin (1952–2023) was a distinguished figure in Singapore’s legal community and an emeritus professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Known for his unparalleled knowledge of Singaporean law, intellectual rigor, and deep personal integrity, Tan’s scholarship helped define and advance the study of law in Singapore. This volume brings together twelve essays by eminent legal scholars addressing the wide-ranging fields in which Tan made lasting scholarly contributions: equity and trusts, personal property, international law, and the law of evidence and criminal justice. Alongside these are personal tributes that offer glimpses into the ways Tan touched the lives of those around him as a student, teacher, mentor, and colleague.
At once an academic contribution and a work of remembrance, A Gentleman of the Law honours the legacy of a scholar whose impact will long continue to shape the legal landscape in Singapore and beyond. This volume is an essential addition to any collection on Singapore law.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Editors’ Preface
Reminiscences about Tan Yock Lin
PART I: EQUITY AND TRUSTS
Judicial Discretion in Equity: A Singaporean Perspective (Goh Yihan)
Dishonesty as the Touchstone of Liability in Procuring or Assisting a Breach of Trust (Jeremiah Lau, James Penner and Weiming Tan)
Resolving the Tension – Revisiting the Doctrine of Contractual Mistake in Equity (Andrew Phang)
PART II: PERSONAL PROPERTY
Ownership, Possession and the Right to Possession of Goods (Michael Bridge)
Propertising Contract: Two Kinds of Property and Two Kinds of Transfer (Kelvin F.K. Low and Tham Chee Ho)
Title Talk (William Swadling)
PART III: INTERNATIONAL LAW
Between Recognition and Non-recognition: Foreign Judgments, Evidence and Arbitration Adrian Briggs
Changing Structure of the International Law on Jurisdiction (Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah)
Equitable Obligations and Property in Choice of Law (Yeo Tiong Min)
PART IV: EVIDENCE LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Revitalizing the Evidence Act: Common Law and Common Sense (Chin Tet Yung)
Revisiting the Constitutionality of Presumptions in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Ho Hock Lai)
“To Admit or Not to Admit”: That is the Legal Question for AI Evidence (Daniel Seng Kiat Boon)
Appendix – List of publications by Professor Tan Yock Lin
Index
Foreword
Editors’ Preface
Reminiscences about Tan Yock Lin
PART I: EQUITY AND TRUSTS
Judicial Discretion in Equity: A Singaporean Perspective (Goh Yihan)
Dishonesty as the Touchstone of Liability in Procuring or Assisting a Breach of Trust (Jeremiah Lau, James Penner and Weiming Tan)
Resolving the Tension – Revisiting the Doctrine of Contractual Mistake in Equity (Andrew Phang)
PART II: PERSONAL PROPERTY
Ownership, Possession and the Right to Possession of Goods (Michael Bridge)
Propertising Contract: Two Kinds of Property and Two Kinds of Transfer (Kelvin F.K. Low and Tham Chee Ho)
Title Talk (William Swadling)
PART III: INTERNATIONAL LAW
Between Recognition and Non-recognition: Foreign Judgments, Evidence and Arbitration Adrian Briggs
Changing Structure of the International Law on Jurisdiction (Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah)
Equitable Obligations and Property in Choice of Law (Yeo Tiong Min)
PART IV: EVIDENCE LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Revitalizing the Evidence Act: Common Law and Common Sense (Chin Tet Yung)
Revisiting the Constitutionality of Presumptions in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Ho Hock Lai)
“To Admit or Not to Admit”: That is the Legal Question for AI Evidence (Daniel Seng Kiat Boon)
Appendix – List of publications by Professor Tan Yock Lin
Index