Welcome to C J Koh Law Library Orientation

Welcome to C J Koh Law Library Orientation for GCIA students Presented by Bissy Ithack Date: 10 th January 2019

Outline v C J Koh Law Library- Collection, & Services. v NUS Library portal- Library Catalogue (Find. More/LINC), Finding Books & Journal Articles v Sources of Law- Singapore & UK v Law. Net Database v Abbreviations & Citations v CJ Koh Law Library Home Page- Legal resources on web 2

Chinese Library C J Koh Law Library Central Library NUS Libraries Medical Library Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library & EAI Library Music Library Science Library 3

History Moved to Kent Ridge Campus in 1980 Established in 1957 in Bukit Timah Campus Relocated to Bukit Timah in August 2006 In Jan 2001, the Law Library renamed to C J Koh Law Library in appreciation of Mr Koh Choon Joo’s generous donations. 4

Library collection The C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local, foreign and international legal resources. The library’s traditional strength is in the common law. Apart from a comprehensive collection of Singapore legal materials, the library also has extensive collections of legal resources from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The library has developed collections on comparative and international law, international trade law as well as the laws of the European Union. 5

C J Koh Law Library - Collection C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local and international legal resources. 1 st Storey. C J Koh Law Library RBR, RBR 1 -Week Loan (Self-Service Loan) C J Koh Law Library Legislation/Law Reports, Singapore Malaysia Collection, Reference collection, Theses & Current Periodicals. 2 nd Storey. C J Koh Law Library Bound Journals. 3 rd Storey. C J Koh Law Library Books, ASEAN collection, Chinese collection. 6

Self-Service Loan RBR – 2 hrs loan RBR (1 -Week Loan) – 7 days LW Holdshelf - 7 days Books on hold (Reserved / Ready for pick-up books) 7

Self-service Loan A Library PIN is required to borrow books from this section. For GCIA students your library PIN (Personal Identification Number) is your NRIC no. or your passport number or FIN number without letters. If it doesn't’ work, please use the link below to reset your PIN https: //linc. nus. edu. sg/pinreset~S 16 For details please refer to the Library FAQ’s Please use the Self-service Kiosk to borrow and return RBR (2 hours) & RBR (1 -week loan) books. 8

Library Collection Legislation/ Law Reports RBR/ RBR 1 week loan Information Desk/ Loans Desk EResources Singapore/Malaysia Current Journals, Reference, Theses Legislation/ Law Reports Entrance 1 st storey 9

Library Collection Bound Journals 2 nd storey 10

Library Collection Books, ASEAN, Chinese Books 3 rd storey 11

Library opening hours Term time Monday to Friday – 8 am to 10 pm Saturdays – 10 am to 5 pm Sundays & Public Holidays – Closed Please check Library website for opening hours 12

Library Opening Hours http: //libportal. nus. edu. sg/frontend/index 13

Library opening hours http: //libportal. nus. edu. sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/about-c-j-koh-law-library 14

Services Loan Entitlement: 20 books Book type Location Loan Period RBR books (2 books at a time) C J Koh Law Library RBR 2 hrs (Level 1 Self-Service Section) No online renewal RBR (1 -Week Loan) C J Koh Law Library RBR 1 week (Level 1 Self-Service Section) No online renewal Main Shelf Books C J Koh Law Library Books (Level 3) 2 online renewals 14 days Online Renewal *No access to electronic resources from the library website Photocopy services Photocopiers are available in the Library. Use EZ link card/ NETS Flash Pay(3¢ per page) to pay. 15

NUS Library Portal http: //libportal. nus. edu. sg/frontend/index 16

Find. More This search engine allows discovery of the library’s online and print collections in a single search. Search by author, title or keyword Refine search by “library catalogue” 17

How to find books? Search by keywords or title in Find. More@NUSL 18

Find. More 19

Library Integrated Catalogue- LINC Select Books & Media tab and search by specific fields like title, author, keyword, subject or call number. 20

Searching catalogue (LINC) Search by specific field. Title Author Keyword Subject ISBN E. g. : Nigel Blackaby et al. , Redfern and Hunter on international arbitration, vol. Sixthition, student version. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). 21

Searching catalogue (LINC) 22

Searching catalogue (LINC) Find Location, status and call number to borrow it. Please use the Self-service kiosk to borrow RBR or RBR 1 –Week Loan books. 23

Place hold/ Reserve books 24

Place hold/ Reserve books 25

Check library account & Renew books 26

Check library account & Renew books 27

Find Journal articles Search by Journal name in Find. More/ LINC 28

Searching Journal articles 29

Primary sources of Law Primary sources of law are authoritative records of law made by the law-making bodies of Singapore. The 2 main sources of law are: 1. Legislation o Statutes o Subsidiary legislation 2. Case Law o Decisions of the Singapore courts. 30

Singapore Legislation Introduction The 2 main sources of legislation in Singapore today: I. Statutes of the Republic of Singapore (primary legislation) Ref: K 7399 1985 II. Subsidiary Legislation of the Republic of Singapore (secondary legislation) Ref: K 7449 1990 32

Singapore Statutes Online - https: //sso. agc. gov. sg/ 33

Singapore Statutes Online 34

Singapore Statutes Online 35

Case Law Reports of Singapore Law reports are the published judgments of court cases. Cases are only selected for reporting if they raise or expand upon significant points of law. Therefore, only a small proportion of cases are reported, and these are mainly from the Supreme Court (i. e. High Court, Court of Appeal and Constitutional Tribunal). 36

Law Reports of Singapore A. Singapore Law Reports The principle law report series in Singapore is the Singapore Law Reports. It covers cases from 1965. Call number: K 7599 SLR Online access via Law. Net database (Faculty of Law website) 37

Law Reports of Singapore C. Malayan Law Journal The other law report series which is the major source of reported Singapore court decisions from 1932 -1991 is the Malayan Law Journal. Ref: K 7599 MLJ 39

Case Citation A case citation is a reference to a legal case in the law reports. It generally includes the names of the parties to the case year the decision of the court was delivered or published volume number of the law report abbreviation of the law report series first page at which the case is reported. Example Anwar Siraj and Another v Ting Kang Chung John [2010] 1 SLR 1026 40

Case Citation Neutral Citation The neutral citation includes the following • Names of the parties to the case • Year of the decision • Jurisdiction/ Level of court • Sequential number SGCA – Singapore Court of Appeal SGHC – Singapore High Court SGHCR – Singapore High Court Registrar • Paragraph number (s) Example: Public Prosecutor v Nguyen Tuong Van [2004] SGHC 54, [1] 42

UK Legislation The 2 main sources of UK legislation are: I. Acts of Parliament (primary legislation) a. Public General Acts b. Local and Personal Acts II. Statutory Instruments (secondary legislation). 43

UK Legislation 45

Law Reports of UK 1. The Law Reports (1865 - ) The official set of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England Wales The 4 current series of the Law Reports are: Title Reports Decisions of Ref Appeal Cases (AC) House of Lords, Privy Council & Court of Justice of the European Communities K 2022 4 C Queen’s Bench (QB) Queen’s Bench & Court of Appeal & ECJ on appeal from QB K 2022 2 E Family (Fam) Family Division & Court of Appeal on appeal from Fam D K 2022 1 C Chancery (Ch) Chancery Division & Court of Appeal on appeal from Ch D K 2022 3 B Online access via Law. Net database (Faculty of Law website) 46

Law Reports of UK 2. The Weekly Law Reports (WLR) (1953 - ) Timely, full text reports. Ref: K 2020 WNR 3. All England Law Reports (All ER) (1936 - ) Timely, full text reports; contains editorial notes. Ref: K 2020 AELR 4. Newspapers - Brief, edited reports. e. g. The Times Law Reports Ref: K 2020 TR/ K 2020 TLR 47

Baili -British and Irish Legal Information Institute Free website – UK legislation & cases http: //www. bailii. org/ 48

Law Databases via Faculty website Law databases are listed under Resources tab on the Faculty of Law website: http: //www. law. nus. edu. sg/ Law. Net *No access to electronic resources (e-books, e-journals and databases) from the library website. 49

Law. Net Lawnet is a service provided by the Singapore Academy of Law. Net gives access to the following: q Singapore Acts – Acts, subsidiary legislation q Cases – Reported cases( Singapore Law Reports), unreported cases q Journal articles – Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies and more 50

Law. Net 51

Law. Net Searching Legislation Example : Arbitration Act (Cap. 10), International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143 A) 52

Law. Net - Cases Coop International Pte Ltd v Ebel SA - [1998] 1 SLR(R) 615 53

Law. Net- Searching articles Jeffrey Pinsler, “Is Discovery Available Prior to the Commencement of Arbitration Proceedings? ” [2005] SJLS. 64 54

Free websites for legal information Can. LII – Access to Canadian Legal information HKLII – Access to Hong Kong legal information Aus. LII – Access to Australasian legal information Asian. LII – Access to Asian law World. LII – World legal information 55

Abbreviations & Citations Journal articles Dora Neo, “The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1996: Satisfactory Quality, an Undivided Share in a Bulk and other Amendments” (1997) 9 SAc. LJ 362. David Feldman, “The Nature of Legal Scholarship” (1989) 52 Mod. L. Rev. 498. • Find out what journal the abbreviation stands for • Search for the journal title in LINC/LINC+ 56

Abbreviations & Citations Singapore Cases Siang Hoa Goldsmith Pte Ltd v The Wing On Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 2 SLR 777 Singapore Law reports 57

Abbreviations & Citations 1. Print Index: Donald Raistrick, Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations, 3 rd ed. (London: Bowker-Saur, 2008). Location: KB 280 Rai 2008 (LW RBR; LW Reference Office; LW Reference 1) 2. Online: Law Reference Desk http: //libportal. nus. edu. sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law- library/research/legal-resources-on-the-web/law-reference-desk Librarian’s pick - Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http: //www. legalabbrevs. cardiff. ac. uk/ 58

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http: //www. legalabbrevs. cardiff. ac. uk/ 59

C J Koh Law Library Homepage Legal Resources on the Web 60

Thank you If you have any queries, email cjkohlib@nus. edu. sg or speak to a librarian at C J Koh Law Library Information Desk: 6516 2043. 61