Following English Footsteps? An Empirical Study of Singapore's Reported Insurance Judgments and Disputes between 1965 and 2012
This article presents an empirical study of the development of Singapore’s insurance contract law in relation to English law. The gene of Singapore’s insurance law is very English. The empirical data show a lack of momentum in driving insurance law forward by case law. This may justify further legis...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-32352014-04-02T10:32:39Z Following English Footsteps? An Empirical Study of Singapore's Reported Insurance Judgments and Disputes between 1965 and 2012 CHEN, Christopher Chao-hung This article presents an empirical study of the development of Singapore’s insurance contract law in relation to English law. The gene of Singapore’s insurance law is very English. The empirical data show a lack of momentum in driving insurance law forward by case law. This may justify further legislative reform to address not only the known doctrinal issues inherited from English law but also the specific problems facing consumer insurance. Singapore’s competitiveness in the global insurance market will be an instrumental factor to determine how far Singapore continues to follow English law in the future. 2013-11-23T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1282 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University insurance law Singapore legal transplant common law empirical study law reform Asian Studies Common Law Insurance Law |
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This article presents an empirical study of the development of Singapore’s insurance contract law in relation to English law. The gene of Singapore’s insurance law is very English. The empirical data show a lack of momentum in driving insurance law forward by case law. This may justify further legislative reform to address not only the known doctrinal issues inherited from English law but also the specific problems facing consumer insurance. Singapore’s competitiveness in the global insurance market will be an instrumental factor to determine how far Singapore continues to follow English law in the future. |
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Following English Footsteps? An Empirical Study of Singapore's Reported Insurance Judgments and Disputes between 1965 and 2012 |
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following english footsteps? an empirical study of singapore's reported insurance judgments and disputes between 1965 and 2012 |
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