Phang Andrew B.L., Yihan Goh. Contract Law in Singapore

Kuala Lumpur: Wolters Cluwer. 2012. — 747 p.A relatively lengthy passage of time has elapsed since the previous edition of this work. During that time, it may justifiably be said that there have been numerous developments in Singapore contract law. Many of these developments have been significant and (particularly in the area of discharge by breach) even unique. A new edition is thus not only timely but also utterly necessary. The search in the context of the development of Singapore contract law has been a search for principle. Such a search balances the need to develop the law with a view to local circumstances with the need to eschew unnecessary (and, indeed, undesirable) legal parochialism. To this end, the relevant English law has - particularly in recent years - been utilized by the Singapore courts in a number of ways, ranging from a complete acceptance of the relevant English law to a departure from the then-established English law (with a number of permutations in-between). Not surprisingly, relevant decisions from other Commonwealth jurisdictions have also been cited in Singapore cases.