Legal monolingualism in a multilingual state: whither bilingual legal education in Singapore?

• Main Author: Koh, Alan K.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Bilingualism::Singapore; Business::Law::In South Asia::Singapore; Legal Education; Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164411; https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-84550-6#toc
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is a multi-ethnic state with four official languages and a long-standing state language policy of bilingualism. Yet the world of law, legal practice, and legal education is startlingly monolingual: all legislation, legal proceedings, and formal mandatory legal training are exclusively in E...