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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS PAGE
General Information ...........................................................................................................................3

ASEAN Economic Community Law & Policy (Intensive) .....................................................................4
Choice of Law for International Contracts in Asia (Intensive) ............................................................4
European Union Law (Intensive) ........................................................................................................4
Foreign Direct Investment Law in Asia (Intensive) ............................................................................5
Intelligence Law (Intensive) ................................................................................................................5
International Patent Law & Policy (Intensive) ....................................................................................5
Maritime Conflict of Law (Intensive) ..................................................................................................6
Partnership (Intensive) .......................................................................................................................6
Principles of Restitution (Intensive) ...................................................................................................6
Private International Law of IP (Intensive) .........................................................................................7
Transnational Criminal Law (Intensive) ..............................................................................................7
Administration of Criminal Justice......................................................................................................8
Arbitration of Investment Disputes ....................................................................................................8
ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance ..........................................................................8
Bank Documentation ..........................................................................................................................9
China, India and International Law.....................................................................................................9
Comparative Advocacy .......................................................................................................................9
Comparative Corporate Law...............................................................................................................10
Comparative Environmental Law .......................................................................................................10
Competition Law in Asia .....................................................................................................................10
Conflicts and Obligations in Legal Ethics ............................................................................................11
Construction Law ................................................................................................................................11
Corporate Tax: Profits & Distribution .................................................................................................11
Human Rights in Asia ..........................................................................................................................12
International Commercial Arbitration ...............................................................................................12
International Economic Law & Relations ..........................................................................................12
International Regulation of Shipping .................................................................................................13
International Trusts ............................................................................................................................13
International Alternative Dispute Resolution.....................................................................................13
Japanese Corporate Law and Governance .........................................................................................14
Law & Development in China .............................................................................................................14
Law and Religion ................................................................................................................................14
Law of Marine Insurance ....................................................................................................................15
Maritime Law .....................................................................................................................................15
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M & A) .....................................................................................................15
Negotiating & Drafting International Commercial Transactions .......................................................16
Privacy Law : Critical & Comparative Perpectives .............................................................................16
Public International Law ....................................................................................................................16
Regulating the Corporation ................................................................................................................17
Regulation and Regulatory Theory .....................................................................................................17
The Contemporary Indian Legal System .............................................................................................17
The Rise of the Law in the Modern World..........................................................................................18
Topics in IP Law (B) : IP Valuation : Law & Practice ............................................................................18
Topics in IT Law (B) : Legal Issues in Virtual World .............................................................................18
Topics in Law & Economics ................................................................................................................19
Application Form
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CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
AUDITING PROGRAMME
As part of its continuing legal education programme, the Law Faculty of the National University
of Singapore is pleased to invite applications from legally trained persons to audit its regular
elective courses. Participants will be awarded Certificates of Attendance provided that they have
attended at least 90% of the relevant classes. No examination will be taken.
Apart from the intensive month-long courses listed on pages 4-7, courses will commence in the
second week of January 2011 and should end by Mid April 2011. The tentative class schedule is
listed after the description of each course provided in the pages that follow. Details of the
finalised class schedules will be sent to participants after registration. The number of places
available for each course is limited and registration will be on a “first-come-first-served” basis.
Successful registrants will receive confirmation of their registration 1 to 2 weeks before the start
of the course. Unless otherwise stated, the fee for auditing each course is S$963.00 (inclusive of
7% GST).
While enrolment in the programme does not entitle auditors to library privileges, they may make
a separate application to the library for use of its facilities under its usual terms and conditions.
To apply, please submit a completed application form with a crossed cheque written to “National
University of Singapore”, and mail to:
The CLE Auditing Programme

Faculty of Law
National University of Singapore
Eu Tong Sen Bldg, 469G Bukit Timah Rd
Singapore 259776
Application closes on 20 December 2010.
The organiser reserves the right of cancellation. Full refund will be given to a registrant if a
course is cancelled..We regret that no refund will be given in any other circumstances.
For further enquiries, please contact Ms Poova at tel : 6516 3644 or via fax : 6779 0979.
The Faculty of Law has moved to the Bukit Timah Campus

(former SMU and NIE campus). All classes will be held at Blk B in the campus.
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INTENSIVE COURSES
Asean Economic Community Law & Policy
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROFESSOR EDMUND SIM
ASEAN leaders agreed to create a single market, the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Due to
sovereignty concerns, ASEAN leaders did not create a single supranational authority to regulate this
market. This course examines how ASEAN member states and institutions are filling in the vacuum
through formal and informal means. Students will understand how regional policymaking affects domestic
laws and policies within ASEAN.
Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

Friday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)
Duration : 11 Jan - 18 Feb 2011
Choice of Law For Int'l Contracts in Asia
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING SENIOR FELLOW DANG XUAN HOP
This course examines possible choices of law for international contracts in Asia and how they are affected
by choice of law rules in jurisdictions such as China, Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. The significance of
such issues will be examined in the context of local courts (Chinese, Korean, etc.), foreign courts (English,
etc.) and international arbitral tribunals. There will also be a practical session in which students will
negotiate some choice of law clauses. The ultimate aim is to familiarize students with choice of law rules
in Asian countries, possible choices of law and typical issues to consider.
Classes : Monday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

Wednesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)
Duration : 11 - 29 Jan 2011
European Union Law
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR PIERRE LAROUCHE

CO - TEACHER: VISITING PROFESSOR LINDA SENDEN
This course gives an introduction to the law of the European Union as a model for regional integration,
focussing on those aspects which are most relevant in the Singaporean context. Students will be
introduced to the features of the Union, including the main institutions, the relationship with the Member
States and the judicial system. The second part will deal with substantive topics, which may include topics
such as the internal market, harmonization of laws, competition law and trade law. At the end course
students will be able to understand EU legal issues and problems in a practical context and derive lessons
from the EU experience.

Thursday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)
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Foreign Direct Investment Law in Asia
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING SENIOR FELLOW DANG XUAN HOP
Students will act as lawyers advising an international investor in a mock transaction in a developing Asian
jurisdiction such as Vietnam, China or Indonesia. They must identify the legal risks for the investor in this
developing environment and advise ways to mitigate such risks. Students will study some relevant local
laws, draft contractual documents, analyse legal issues, give advice, negotiate with local partners and
bring the deal to closure. Through this, students are expected to form an overview of the risks for an
international investor in these developing Asian systems and ways to mitigate such risks. Focus will be on
investment law, administrative law, conflict of laws, corporate law, contract law and arbitrations.

Saturday, (9.30am – 12.30pm)
Intelligence Law
COURSE CONVENOR: PROFESSOR SIMON CHESTERMAN
This course examines national and international legal regulation of the secret intelligence activities of
states. It ranges from historical treatment of spies under the laws of war, to national constraints of
contemporary signals intelligence. National case studies will include the United States and Britain.
Underlying theoretical questions include the appropriateness of constraints on executive power in times
of crisis, and how law that must be public can and should handle activities whose nature must often be
kept secret. Printed materials for the class will be distributed, with materials for the first classes also
available electronically.
For more info, please visit, https://files.nyu.edu/sc1192/public/courses/
Classes : Tuesday, (9.00am – 12noon)

Duration : 11 Jan - 18 Feb 2011
International Patent Law & Policy
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR MARGO BAGLEY
This module will provide an introduction to the key international agreements relating to patents, such as
the Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, and TRIPS Agreement. It also will compare facets of
national and regional patent systems such as those in the US, EU, China, and Japan. In addition, topics
such as the patenting of controversial biotech inventions, software and business method patents, and
patents and access to essential medicines will also be discussed.

Extra lesson on Wed, 26 Jan 2011, 1.30pm - 4.30pm
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Maritime Conflict of Law
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR PAUL MYBURGH
An examination of conflict of laws issues in the context of maritime law and admiralty litigation. The
course will provide an introduction to conflicts theory and concepts before focusing on conflict of
jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and forum shopping in admiralty matters; role of foreign law in
establishing admiralty jurisdiction; recognition and priority of foreign maritime liens and other claims;
choice of law and maritime Conventions; conflicts of maritime Conventions; security for foreign maritime
proceedings; and recognition and enforcement of foreign maritime judgments.

Partnership
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR GEOFFREY K MORSE
This module will examine in depth the law of partnerships. The basic framework is the same in most
Commonwealth countries and based still on the UK Partnership Act of 1890. The topics to be covered in
relation to general partnerships include the formation of partnerships, partnerships in the modern legal
system, the relationship between partners and outsiders, the relationship of partners inter se and the
dissolution of partnerships. The module will then examine the variants of limited partnerships, used
mainly as investment vehicles, and limited liability partnerships.

Duration : 11 - 28 January 2011
Principles of Restitution
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING ASSOC PROFESSOR SIMONE DEGELING
This course introduces students to the central concepts and disputes in the law of restitution, centring on
unjust enrichment as an organising theme. The prevention of unjust enrichment as an independent legal
principle, capable of founding causes of action, gained currency as an independent branch of the common
law only as recently as in 1991. This course covers the operation of key restitutionary concepts in
common law and equity, including their relationships to the law of contract, torts, and property, as well as
to equitable principles. A selection of topics, which may vary from year to year, will be covered.

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Private Int'l Law of IP
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR SAM RICKETSON
This course will address issues in private international intellectual property law. After a summary of basic
intellectual property principles, the course discusses the sources of international intellectual property law
and compares the development of international law through treaty-making and through private litigation.
We next examine the clash between the territoriality of intellectual property protection and the global
scope of intellectual property exploitation and see how this clash plays out in the key areas of private
international law, including the law on personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, choice of law, and
remedies.

Duration : 2 - 21 March 2011
Transnational Criminal Law
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR NEIL BOISTER
Globalised criminal activity has forced states to coordinate their legal responses. This course examines the
system of international and domestic laws used by states to suppress that criminality. First it examines
the identification of transnational criminal threats and the development of policy in response. Then it
examines the substantive crimes established through treaties. It analyses the contraband offences, crimes
of violence and the concept of transnational organised crime. Finally it examines international procedural
co-operation. It begins with the foundational issue of jurisdiction and then turns to the steps in that
process such as mutual legal assistance and extradition.

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SEMESTER COURSES
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF HO HOCK LAI

CO - TEACHER: PROF MICHAEL HOR
The course examines topics relating to the criminal process as broadly construed. Participants are invited
to reflect on the functions of the criminal justice system and on how best to pursue and accommodate
different aims and values such as deterrence, efficiency, justice and fairness in criminal justice
administration. We will examine aspects of the pre-trial, trial, and post-trial processes, and these may
include the following (the choice of topics may change from year to year): prosecutorial discretion, plea
bargaining, criminal discovery, the contesting aims of punishment, mandatory sentencing, corporal and
capital punishment, treatment of suspects, police interrogation and statement-taking, confession
evidence, the privilege against self-incrimination and the right of silence, state entrapment and illegally
obtained evidence, the right to counsel and legal privilege, presumption of innocence and 'reverse
burden' provisions. While the focus will be on Singapore criminal justice system, references may be made
to foreign law and practices for comparative purposes.
ARBITRATION OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF M SORNARAJAH

CO - TEACHER: ASST PROF JEAN HO
With increasing flows of foreign direct investment in the region, settlement of disputes arising from such
investments made with state owned corporations is becoming frequent. Such arbitration is provided for in
the contract but increasingly, the investment treaties provide for recourse to such arbitration. A distinct
body of case law has developed as a result of a multiplicity of such arbitrations in recent times. The aim of
this course is to study the developments that have taken place in the area. It deals with the types of
arbitration clauses used in the contracts, court supervision and assistance of such arbitration, the law that
is applied in settling disputes, the nature of the award and the problems associated with the enforcement
of the award. No laptops are allowed in class.
ASEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
COURSE CONVENOR: EMERITUS PROF KOH KHENG LIAN

CO - TEACHER: ASSOC PROF LYE LIN HENG
This course examines the progressive development of environmental law, policy and governance in
ASEAN. It also considers the role of ASEAN in supplementing and facilitating international environmental
agreements (MEAs), such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the
Convention on Biological Diversity, UNESCO Man & Biosphere,etc. It will evaluate the extent of
implementation of the ASEAN environmental instruments at national level - some case studies will be
examined. There will be comparative studies of ASEAN environmental instruments with similar
instruments in other regional organizations, and also the work of other regional organizations in the Asia.

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BANK DOCUMENTATION
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF SANDRA ANNETTE BOOYSEN
The object of this course is to familiarize students with the methods used for, and the problems arising
in, the drafting of standard and dovetailed bank documents and opinions. It is proposed to study a
number of standard term contracts, used in current banking practice, and to examine the object of
clauses contained therein and the issues arising in drafting them. The "Standard Terms and Conditions"
used for the opening of accounts, standard forms used in international trade and in respect of Foreign
Exchange, Margin Trading and certain security documents, such as guarantees, are amongst those to be
covered. Standby Credits, Performance Bonds and Loan and Risk Participation Agreements are amongst
the dovetailed, less standardised types of agreements, to be perused.
CHINA, INDIA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF SORNARAJAH M

CO - TEACHER: ASSOC PROF WANG JIANGYU
This course will examine the rise of China and India and it's impact on the international legal order. In
particular, students will be led to discuss issues concerning the origin and history of the relationship
between developing countries and international law, the rise of China and India and its challenge to
the existing international legal order and legal norms, China, India, and the multilateral trading
system, China, India and international investment, the international law aspects of domestic
policies in China and India and the international law aspects of competition and disputes between
China and India. The course will also concentrate on demonstrating the interaction between
international relations and international law.
Classes : Wednesday, (10.00am – 1.00pm)
COMPARATIVE ADVOCACY
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF HELENA WHALEN-BRIDGE
This module explores the modes and styles of advocacy used in a range of tribunals at the local, national,
regional and international level. Students will evaluate how legal and professional cultures, accusatorial
and inquisitorial orientation, degree of adversarialism, and level of formality influence legal argument. By
examining different approaches to oral and written argument, students will develop the ability to
conceptualise and present legal concepts in a manner appropriate to a variety of venues including
administrative tribunals, regional and international bodies, and alternative dispute resolution vehicles, in
a manner that will help prepare them for a global legal practice.
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COMPARATIVE CORPORATE LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF DANIEL WILLIAM PUCHNIAK
This module examines the core legal characteristics of the corporate form in five major jurisdictions: the
U.S., the U.K., Japan, Germany and France. It explains the common agency problems that are inherent in
the corporate form and compares the legal strategies that each jurisdiction uses to solve these common
problems. The major topics that this comparative examination covers include: agency problems; legal
personality and limited liability; basic governance structures; creditor protection; related party
transactions; significant corporate actions; control transactions; issuer and investor protection; the
convergence of corporate law; and, comparative corporate law in developing countries.
COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF LYE LIN HENG

CO - TEACHER: EMERITUS PROF KOH KHENG LIAN
Environmental Law is emerging as a distinct field of law in every nation and region. Legislatures establish
environmental laws based upon the need to address perceived environmental problems in their territory
or in a region of shared resources such as a river basin or coastal marine regions or the habitats for
migratory species. In some instances, national legislation is stimulated by the negotiation and adherence
to multilateral environmental agreements. This seminar examines the scope of national environmental
law and how it evolves, through introducing students to the analytic techniques of Comparative Law. The
patterns of legislative, administrative and judicial decision-making for environmental law are compared in
civil law, common law, socialist law and theocratic legal regimes. The systems of central governmental are
contrasted with those of federal systems. Regional systems of governance and management are also
compared, particularly the European Union with ASEAN. This seminar will be conducted via video-
conferencing between the teachers and students at NUS and Prof Nicholas Robinson and his students at
the Pace University School of Law (Pace). Pace Law School is one of the best law schools in the US for
Environmental Law, and Prof N Robinson is a distinguished authority in environmental law. He was former
Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and founding member and former Chair of the IUCN
Academy of Environmental Law. He has won many accolades for his contributions to environmental law.
Classes : Wednesday, (9.00am – 12noon)
COMPETITION LAW IN ASIA
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROF ROBERT IAN MCEWIN
This course will introduce competition laws in Asia in a comparative way by focussing on similarities and
differences both in terms of the substantive law as well as enforcement. After a brief overview of each
countries competition laws and policies the course will examine three major areas of competition law ie
prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of monopoly power and anti-competitive mergers.
This will be followed by an examination of additional prohibitions in some countries such as prohibitions
on 'unfair' practices, abuse of administrative dominance etc. By the end of the course students will have a
good grounding of competition laws in Asia and be able to advise clients on the basic competition laws of
each country.
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CONFLICTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN LEGAL ETHICS
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF HELENA WHALEN-BRIDGE
This module will address a lawyer's ethical requirements, how they impact the work that lawyers do, and
how to address difficulties raised by ethical obligations. Students will develop a more sophisticated
awareness of ethical obligations and an in-depth understanding of how to address ethical conflicts and
difficulties. Major topics will include a lawyer's ethical obligations to the client, the courts, other lawyers,
and the community at large.
Classes : Thursday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)
CONSTRUCTION LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROF CHRISTOPHER CHUAH

CO - TEACHER: ADJUNCT ASST PROF IAN DE VAZ
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the legal principles that form the foundation of
Construction law and to the common practical problems that arise in this field. Topics will include
general principles of construction law, including completion, defects, retention and certification, basic
provisions of construction contracts, claims procedure & dispute resolution, including arbitration
procedure, relevant provisions of standard form building contracts. This course will be of interest
to students interested in construction practice or a practical approach to the study of law.
CORPORATE TAX: PROFITS & DISTRIBUTIONS
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF STEPHEN PHUA
The first one-third of the course will be devoted to lectures that would provide students with the
necessary foundation on tax issues faced by corporations. The remaining two-thirds of the module will
take the form of seminars cum presentations focusing on detailed studies or case studies of major
corporate tax issues. These might also include hypotheticals that raise selected tax issues that range from
incorporation to winding up. A study of these issues would entail an evaluation of solutions to tax issues
arising from IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, disposal of assets, group losses, use of hybrid financial
instruments, asset financing techniques, creation and exploitation of IP rights, corporate profits and
distributions, assignments of economic interests, corporate tax planning pitfalls and liquidation.
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HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF THIO LI-ANN
Firstly, to impart a solid grounding in the history, principles, norms, controversies and institutions of
international human rights law. Secondly, to undertake a contextualized socio-legal study of human rights
issues within Asian societies, through examining case law, international instruments, policy and state
interactions with UN human rights bodies. 'Asia' alone has no regional human rights system; considering
the universality and indivisibility of human rights, we consider how regional particularities affect or thwart
human rights. Subjects include: justiciability of socio-economic rights, right to development and self-
determination, political freedoms, religious liberties, indigenous rights, national institutions, women's
rights; MNC accountability for rights violations.
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF GARY F BELL
This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them
to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence. Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration
viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze will considered together with the procedural laws on the
conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards. Students will examine the
UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958. This course is most suited for students with
some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of goods or
construction.
Classes : Thursday, (12.00noon – 3.00pm)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW & RELATIONS
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF WANG JIANGYU
This course examines the international law and international relations dimensions of the current
international economic systems and discuss the various possibilities for future reforms in light of the past
and recent global economic crises. While the discussion will be based on the Bretton Woods System (the
GATT/WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank), the course will focus mainly on the international regulatory
framework of finance and investment. The purpose of the course is to let the students to develop a bird's
eye view of the legal aspects of the international economic architecture as well as of the reasons - or the
international political economy - behind its operation. Students will also be exposed certain fundamentals
of international law and international relations concerning global economic affairs. Further, the course
will examine the experiences of several countries' economic development and their use of international
economic law to achieve economic growth.
Classes : Friday, (9.00am – 12noon)
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INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF SHIPPING
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF TAN KHEE JIN, ALAN
This course will provide an understanding of the legal regimes established and administered by the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The conventions to be examined will include those governing
navigational safety, pollution from ships and ocean dumping, liability for damage from maritime
casualties, limitation of liability, collisions, salvage, search and rescue, stowaways and people smuggling,
and maritime terrorism. The course will be useful to persons who intend to practice shipping law or work
in the private or public maritime sector, as IMO Conventions increasingly impact on international shipping
and the maritime industry.
Classes : Monday, (12noon – 3.00pm)
International trusts
COURSE CONVENOR: PROF HANS TJIO
CO-TEACHER: ADJUNCT PROF THOMAS MARK LEA
This course will introduce the principles and practice concerning the use of international trusts as a
vehicle for asset protection, tax and estate planning. It will examine the offshore financial industry, the
modern uses of and the administration of off-shore trusts. It will include problem-based learning in which
students will learn to plan and draft trust documents. The course is intended for persons intending to
practice in the area of international trusts.
Classes : Thursday, (9.00am – 12noon)
INT'L ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROF MOHAN PILLAY
This course explores the role and scope of ADR in contrast to traditional litigation and examines the
various ADR models used worldwide, in both its binding and non-binding forms. Students will review
institutional, statutory, contractual and ad hoc forms of ADR and explore the ethical and practical issues
that arise, including the role of national courts, confidentiality, enforceability, immunity and liability.
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JAPANESE COPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF DANIEL WILLIAM PUCHNIAK
This module undertakes an in-depth analysis of Japanese corporate law and governance. It starts by
providing a brief introduction to the Japanese legal system and the fundamental characteristics of
Japanese corporate law. It then proceeds to examine the critical divergence in post-war Japan between
corporate law "on the books" and in practice. Next, the course considers the foundational features of
post- war Japanese corporate governance (i.e., the main bank system, keiretsu and lifetime employment)
and analyzes a number of areas of Japanese corporate law that have received significant attention in the
corporate law literature (e.g., ostensibly irrelevant boards, the dearth in shareholder litigation, the
significance of the mafia in corporate governance and the conspicuous absence of a market for corporate
control). The course ends with a critical examination of a recent body of literature that challenges the
uniqueness of Japanese corporate law and governance and with a "practitioner-style" consideration of
the most relevant corporate law issues facing foreigners investing in Japan.
Classes : Friday, (2.30pm – 5.30pm)
LAW & DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA
COURSE CONVENOR: A/P WANG JIANGYU
The goal of this course is to examine legal reforms in China from a comparative law and development
perspective and in a multi-disciplinary context. In particular, it discusses the role of law in China’s
economic and political development, focusing on both theoretical and practice issues in China’s effort to
implement rule of law. It will cover both institutional reforms and particular areas of law, including
economic regulation and business law, foreign trade and investment law, political reform and
constitutional development, and China’s position on international law. Particular attention will be paid to
the way law actually operates in practice, rather than simply examining regulations as they appear on the
books.
LAW AND RELIGION
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF ARIF JAMAL
This course will consider the interaction of law and religion in three aspects: firstly, through a
consideration of theoretical materials that discuss and debate religion's (possible) roles in public discourse
and in the shaping of law, especially in multi-religious and multi-cultural environments; second, through
an examination of a range of religio-legal traditions (e.g., Islamic law, Hindu Law etc); and, third, a
consideration of specific instances in cases, legislation and public issues etc -- where law and religion
meet.
Classes : Wednesday, (10.00am – 1.00pm)
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LAW OF MARINE INSURANCE
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT A/P LEE KIAT SENG

CO-TEACHER: ADJUNCT A/P WINSTON KWEK
This course aims to give students a firm foundation of existing law; a working understanding of standard
form policies; and an understanding of the interaction between the Marine Insurance Act, case law and
the Institute Clauses. Topics will include: types of marine insurance policies; insurable interest; principle of
utmost good faith; marine insurance policies; warranties; causation; insured and excluded perils; proof of
loss; types of losses; salvage, general average and particular charges; measure of indemnity and
abandonment; mitigation of losses. This course will appeal to students who wish to specialise in either
insurance law or maritime law.
Classes : Saturday, (9.30am – 12.30pm)
MARITIME LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: PROFESSOR STEPHEN D GIRVIN

CO-TEACHER: ADJUNCT A/P NEALE RICHARD GREGSON
This course will provide an understanding of the legal issues arising from casualties involving ships. It will
examine aspects of the law relating to nationality and registration of ships, the law relating to the
management of ships, ship sale and purchase, and the law of collisions, salvage, towage, wreck and
general average. Students successfully completing the course will be familiar with the international
conventions governing these issues, as well as the domestic law of Singapore.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M&A)
COURSE CONVENOR: AS/P UMAKANTH VAROTTIL
The course will begin with an evaluation of the business rationale for M&As and a discussion of the
various types of transactions and related terminology. The regulatory issues surrounding these
transactions will be analysed through examination of the applicable laws and regulations. The course
adopts an international comparative perspective, with greater focus on the U.S., U.K. and Singapore.
While corporate and securities law issues form the thrust, incidental reference will be made to
accounting, tax and competition law considerations. Finally, the transactional perspective will consider
various structuring matters, planning aspects, transaction costs and impact on various stakeholders.
Classes : Thursday, (12noon – 3.00pm)
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NEGOTIATING & DRAFTING INT'L COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT A/P EVANGELOS APOSTOLOU
This course provides a practical introduction to the essentials of negotiating and drafting commercial
contracts in the Common Law tradition. The course begins with a refresh of plain English writing skills. The
second part then reviews key Common Law concepts and considers the Common Law's attitudes to the
commercial world. The third looks at the fundamental shape, structure and organisation of commercial
contracts. The fourth deals with aspects of law routinely encountered by the practitioner and technical
drafting issues. The fifth focuses on technical drafting. The sixth and final part considers the approach of
managing legal risk and the practicalities of negotiation.
Classes : Monday, (9.00am – 12noon)
PRIVACY LAW: CRITICAL & COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROF LIM YEE FEN
The protection of privacy is increasingly seen to be of central importance to the emerging global
information society. At the same time, it faces many threats from new technologies and the contexts in
which these are used. This course will survey critical issues in privacy law, examining many influential
theories of privacy and asking whether they are sufficiently sensitive to both emerging technological
challenges to privacy as well as different cultural understandings of privacy. Some emerging practices that
have serious privacy implications will be considered, such as the use of DNA databanks, biometrics,
profiling techniques, and public video cameras.
Classes : Friday, (9.00am – 12noon)
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF RC BECKMAN
This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions
of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of
law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues
underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world
politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of
international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive
norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures.
More information are available on

http://www.law.nus.edu.sg/student_matters/course_listing/docs/PIL0910.pdf
Classes : Tuesday, (12.00noon – 1.30pm)

Thursday, (12.00noon – 1.30pm)
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REGULATING THE CORPORATION
COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF ALEXANDER LOKE
This course examines the role of markets, institutions and state regulation in mediating the interests of
stakeholders in the corporation. How does the conception of the corporation affect the way stakeholders'
interests are regarded and protected? To what extent should the contractarian model inform corporate
governance, and how might transaction costs impact on the allocation of stakeholder rights? Do investor
suits make sense? How might legal culture impact upon the efficacy of regulatory strategies? These are
some of the issues to be examined in this policy oriented inter-disciplinary course. Readings will consist
principally of scholarly writings, which course participants are expected to critique through response
papers. Each course participant will be expected to submit three response papers and make one
presentation.
REGULATION AND REGULATORY THEORY
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWDLE
This seminar will explore the emerging field of 'regulatory theory'. Regulatory theory adopts a economic
approach to the relationship between law and social regulation. But it is one that differs significantly from
that which informs 'law and economics'. Regulatory theory focuses more on macroeconomic dynamics
rather than microeconomic dynamics. It focuses more on the role that markets play in social ordering, not
just on their economic functionalism. And it is more concerned with issues of economic and regulatory
evolution, not just those of economic and regulatory efficiency.
Classes : Wednesday (10.00am – 1.00pm)
THE CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF KUMAR THIRUVENGDAM
While serving as an introductory course to the Indian legal system, this discussion-based Seminar seeks to
focus on topical, contemporary legal issues in India. It will focus primarily on the post-Independence legal
system in India, and its important institutions of democratic governance. Through a study of the
Constitution of India, and by analysing how the Supreme Court of India has interpreted its mandate, the
seminar will cover significant public law issues in India. We will seek to follow how the judiciary has come
to play a vital role in contemporary Indian polity, while also assessing the performance of other
institutions of governance. The seminar will also focus on debates about secularism, reservations (or
affirmative action), and emergency powers in India. The latter half of the seminar emphasises
developments in India since 1991, when policies of liberalisation heralded massive changes that have in
recent years led to claims of India being an "emerging superpower." We will analyse policies of regulation
adopted over the last two decades, focusing on particular areas - such as the telecom and IT sectors, and
the current debate over Special Economic Zones - to assess concerns expressed by law and development
scholars. Though largely focused on constitutional and administrative law issues, the seminar will also
focus on private/commercial law as well as personal law issues incidentally, depending on expressed
student interest in these areas. At the first class, students will be encouraged to indicate particular areas
they would like to have included within the ambit of the course, and all such suggestions will be seriously
considered. Metholodology: Classes will usually be conducted as a series of conversations among
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participants about the readings. For some topics, there will be short ten-minute lectures by way of
providing an overview at the start of class. Though focused on India, the seminar will adopt comparative
modes of analysis where appropriate, and students taking the course are expected to draw upon insights
from their own national systems. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and on
the online forum. Evaluation will be based on the levels of participation including through in-class
presentations of readings and research papers two short written comments on the readings (up to a
maximum of 3 pages and a longer research paper on a topic to be chosen by the student in consultation
with the instructor.
THE RISE OF THE LAW IN THE MODERN WORLD
COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF SUNDRAM SOOSAY
Discussion will be organised around the rise of modern legal and political systems over the course of the
last 500 years. We will look at the way the present arrangements have come about, by tracing their
development over time, and, in particular, by following the debates held along the way. This will include,
for instance, the debates held between Burke and his opponents on the subject of the French Revolution,
the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the opposition to democracy voiced during the Victorian period,
and, in the immediate aftermath of World War 2, the reflections of thinkers on the role modernity itself
might have played in giving rise to the Nazi atrocities.
TOPICS IN IP LAW (B): IP VALUATION: LAW & PRACTICE
COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROF ROBERT SANDERS
Intellectual property is an increasingly important asset in the modern economy. Enterprise valuations are
increasingly a reflection on the importance of their IP and other intangible assets. IP lawyers, and other
professional service providers (in such areas as finance, business management and engineering) must, in
order to service their enterprise owner clients, be able to assist in the identification, management and use
of valuable knowledge and information assets. One important skill needed to help meet these objectives
is an ability to understand the basis for, and rules, standards and approaches that govern, intangible asset
(including IP) valuation.
TOPICS IN IT LAW (B): LEGAL ISSUES IN VIRTUAL WORLD
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROF LIM YEE FEN
The course objective is to enable students specialising in information technology law to be conversant
with the operation of the major international and regional legal regimes concerning Cyberspace and of
the legal and policy issues that must be addressed as new problems emerge. The course will cover recent
international and regional developments in Cyberspace and may include topics such as the governance of
virtual worlds and property concepts in virtual worlds. Whilst the content and scope will vary from year to
year, there will normally be significant international and comparative content.
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TOPICS in LAW & Economics
COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROF ROBERT IAN MCEWIN
This seminar will explore the quite different understandings of rationality that are in play in the economic
theory of rational social choice and in legal theory. The seminar will begin with the rational social choice
framework and then relax some fundamental axioms of that framework to comprehend what is rational in
the law. Topics for analysis include the relationship between law and morality, the significance of legal
process and publicly articulated reasons for decisions, and the responsibility of purposive and rational
organizations like corporations.
Classes : Thursday, (9.00am – 12noon)
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The CLE Auditing Programme

Application closes on 20 December 2010.

The Faculty of Law has moved to the Bukit Timah Campus

Asean Economic Community Law & Policy

COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROFESSOR EDMUND SIM

Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

Choice of Law For Int'l Contracts in Asia

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING SENIOR FELLOW DANG XUAN HOP

Classes : Monday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

European Union Law

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR PIERRE LAROUCHE

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING SENIOR FELLOW DANG XUAN HOP

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: PROFESSOR SIMON CHESTERMAN

For more info, please visit, https://files.nyu.edu/sc1192/public/courses/

Classes : Tuesday, (9.00am – 12noon)

International Patent Law & Policy

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR MARGO BAGLEY

Classes : Monday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR PAUL MYBURGH

Classes : Monday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR GEOFFREY K MORSE

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING ASSOC PROFESSOR SIMONE DEGELING

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR SAM RICKETSON

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

Transnational Criminal Law

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROFESSOR NEIL BOISTER

Classes : Tuesday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

COURSE CONVENOR: PROF HO HOCK LAI

Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

ARBITRATION OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES

COURSE CONVENOR: PROF M SORNARAJAH

Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

ASEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

COURSE CONVENOR: EMERITUS PROF KOH KHENG LIAN

Classes : Tuesday, (9.00am – 12noon)

COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF SANDRA ANNETTE BOOYSEN

Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

CHINA, INDIA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

COURSE CONVENOR: PROF SORNARAJAH M

Classes : Wednesday, (10.00am – 1.00pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF HELENA WHALEN-BRIDGE

Classes : Tuesday, (3.00pm – 6.00pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF DANIEL WILLIAM PUCHNIAK

Classes : Tuesday, (9.00am – 12noon)

COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

COURSE CONVENOR: ASSOC PROF LYE LIN HENG

Classes : Wednesday, (9.00am – 12noon)

COMPETITION LAW IN ASIA

COURSE CONVENOR: VISITING PROF ROBERT IAN MCEWIN

CONFLICTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN LEGAL ETHICS

COURSE CONVENOR: ASST PROF HELENA WHALEN-BRIDGE

Classes : Thursday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

COURSE CONVENOR: ADJUNCT ASSOC PROF CHRISTOPHER CHUAH

Classes : Thursday, (6.30pm – 9.30pm)

CORPORATE TAX: PROFITS & DISTRIBUTIONS