Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
Published by National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law
ISSN : 0218-2173
Abbreviation : Singap. J. Leg. Stud.
Aims & Scope
The Singapore Journal of Legal Studies has been in continuous publication since 1959 when it first appeared as the University of Malaya Law Review.
Institutional changes made it necessary for the Journal to be re-named twice, first as the Malaya Law Review and then the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies.
Together with its predecessor journals (the University of Malaya Law Review and the Malaya Law Review), the Journal is one of the oldest legal journals in the British Commonwealth.
As the first and leading legal journal in Singapore, it has witnessed the legal, political and social development of Singapore as it progressed from being a Third World country to a First World country.
The Journal has traced the development of common law in Asia, particularly, Singapore and Malaysia.
The Journal covers both domestic and international legal developments.
Singapore, as an independent legal system founded on the English legal system, has made distinctive contributions to the common law, while continuing to engage with and draw guidance from other common law jurisdictions, including England, Australia, Canada, and occasionally from the United States of America.
Since the inception of the Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law (1997), later succeeded by the Singapore Yearbook of International Law (2005), succeeded by the Asian Journal of International Law, the Journal now focuses on legal developments in Singapore, Asia and the common law world.
The Journal publishes articles on private and public international law as well as comparative law.
It features topics with theoretical or practical appeal or a mixture of both.
The Journal continues to interest lawyers, academics and observers in and outside the common law world.
It has been cited by leading common law courts such as the House of Lords, the Supreme Court of Canada, the High Court of Australia, the High Court of Malaysia and the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.120 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q4 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 9 |
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