Statute and Public Policy in Private International Law: Gambling Contracts and Foreign Judgments

• Main Author: YEO, Tiong Min
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; Gaming Law; International Law; Public Law and Legal Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/760; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1759/viewcontent/StatutePublicPolicyPrivateIntLaw_2005_SYBIL_pv_oa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This note argues that because there is a legal distinction between the public policy defence to the enforcement of foreign judgments under the common law and the corresponding defence in the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act, the prohibition against the enforcement of foreign wage...