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More Uplifting Singapore Story Needed To Boost Baby Confidence, Tan K. B. Eugene
More Uplifting Singapore Story Needed To Boost Baby Confidence, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan discussed the reasons why Singaporean couples have consistently preferred to have few children since the 1970s. He opined that there is a need to have a discussion of how the prevailing traits and narrative of Singapore might have created a climate where young couples choose to have fewer children, and to have a more uplifting Singapore story as well as promote gender equality to boost baby confidence.
Search Engines And Internet Defamation: Of Publication And Legal Responsibility, Gary Kok Yew Chan
Search Engines And Internet Defamation: Of Publication And Legal Responsibility, Gary Kok Yew Chan
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
When the Internet user keys a search term and clicks “enter”, a series of snippets, images and html links will appear typically running into several web pages. In the case of Autocomplete suggestions, the result appearing on the bar changes with each keystroke even before the user clicks “enter”. As a result, in the course of finding search results from the original search term, the user is constantly provided with suggestions of other search terms. The search results and Autocomplete suggestions may be defamatory of individuals and businesses by associating them with dishonest and improper activities or conduct. Should search …
Ethical Concerns In Court-Connected Online Dispute Resolution, Dorcas Quek Anderson
Ethical Concerns In Court-Connected Online Dispute Resolution, Dorcas Quek Anderson
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This article examines the burgeoning trend of creating court ODR systems, focusing on the design aspects that are likely to raise ethical challenges. It discusses four salient questions to be considered when designing a court ODR system, and the resulting ethical tensions that are brought to the fore. As a fourth party, the ODR system not only replaces existing court functions, but enlarges the scope of the courts’ intervention in disputes and increases the courts’ interface with the user. Furthermore, certain ethical principles such as transparency, accountability, impartiality and fairness take on greater significance in the court context than in …
Surrogacy, Child’S Welfare, And Public Policy In Adoption Applications, Seow Hon Tan
Surrogacy, Child’S Welfare, And Public Policy In Adoption Applications, Seow Hon Tan
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This case note discusses the Singapore High Court case of UKM, in which an order was granted to a gay man to adopt his biological son conceived through a gestational surrogacy arrangement in the United States. In particular, the High Court’s assessment of the welfare of the child and of public policy, in light of two factors—the prohibition of male homosexual acts in section 377A of the Penal Code and the de facto curtailment of domestic surrogacy by Singapore’s restrictive rules relating to the use of assisted reproduction technology services—will be examined.