Nice to see a celebration of 10 years of Singapore’s Academy Publshing
The Straits Times reports….
Academy Publishing marks 10 years of law reports, academic journals, law books with commemorative work
While the books they write may not be a hit with commercial publishers driven by profit, the material they publish is steered by the needs of Singapore’s legal community.
“Academy Publishing was not established with the primary intent of making a profit but instead was established with the mission to serve the legal profession,” said Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon at an event last Friday to mark its 10th year.
Founded in 2007 as the publishing arm of the Singapore Academy of Law by then Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Academy Publishing (AP) has grown its market share of local legal publications to become a leader in this field and “has elevated Singapore (in the context of the legal community) to a level of publishing comparable to other primary legal jurisdictions”, said National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Jeffrey Pinsler.
Its 10th anniversary was celebrated with a commemorative work titled Imprints Of Singapore Law: A Brief History Of Legal Publishing In Singapore. The book traces the history of legal publishing in Singapore since the 19th century.
Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang, in a foreword to the book, said it was important to take stock of legal publishing in Singapore.
He noted that it was imperative to remember “our foundations” and that legal publishing here was an integrated effort involving various other publishers as well, like Lexis Nexis, Thomson Reuters’ Sweet and Maxwell, and Marshall Cavendish.
THE LARGER PERSPECTIVE
The other thing that AP does really well is to support publications about Singapore’s legal history. This is an important role in reminding us that it… is about context, the larger perspective.
NUS LAW ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELEANOR WONG
Speaking at last Friday’s event at the Supreme Court building, CJ Menon lauded “the great strides” AP had made in the past 10 years on the three publication fronts: law reports, academic journals and law books.
Among other things, he noted AP now reports about 6,800 pages of judgments in the Singapore Law Reports every year and its SAL Journal has “done very well” in being accredited Tier 1 by NUS’ Office of Research for its high-quality scholarship.
More at http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cj-lauds-legal-publishing-arm-for-great-strides
