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Cementing The Foundations: The Singapore Application Of English Law Act 1993, Andrew B.L. Phang
Cementing The Foundations: The Singapore Application Of English Law Act 1993, Andrew B.L. Phang
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After almost one hundred and seventy-five years since the founding of modern Singapore in 1819,' the Singapore Legislature2 has finally passed the Application ofEnglish LawAct i9933 to clarify the application of English law in the island republic. Prior to the AELA, there were numerous areas of uncertainty with regard to both the general as well as the specific reception of English law that led to a plethora of literature but little else.