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No single model for legal system: CJ

No 'one size fits all' model for countries looking to upgrade their judicial systems. -ST
K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent

Wed, Jan 21, 2009
The Straits Times

THERE is no 'one size fits all' model for countries looking to upgrade their judicial systems, said Singapore's Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong yesterday.

While the Republic has, over time, developed one of the world's most efficient legal systems, other countries bent on improving their courts must come up with answers suited to their unique circumstances.

CJ Chan was speaking at the start of the third Asia-Pacific Judicial Reform Forum, which has attracted judges and judicial officers from 22 countries.

 

 

 


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