It is the first book of its kind comparing selected domestic and international standard form of building contracts. It is a complete compendium on construction law as practised in standard form of building contracts as follows:
Published: 28 February, 2022
Publisher: LexisNexis
This work builds on Criminal Law in Malaysia and Singapore (LexisNexis, 3rd Ed, 2018) by the same authors. However, the reforms brought about by the Criminal Law Reform Act 2019 made it necessary to devote this book to the law of Singapore. It compares the law before and after the amendments in order to understand the reasons for the changes, and to aid the interpretation and application of the law in practice.
• Comprehensive analysis of the general principles of criminal responsibility in Singapore
• Analysis of the major offences against the person and property in light of the general principles of criminal responsibility
• Evaluation of the amendments to the Singapore Penal Code made by the Criminal Law (Reform) Act 2019
• Review of all major relevant cases from Singapore, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
• Places the law in a historical and theoretical context pointing to its strengths and weaknesses, and suggests further improvements to the law
Division 1: Historical Development of the selected Standard Form Building Contracts
Division 2: Selected Standard Form Building Contracts are compared including PAM Form 2018, AIAC (2019), PWD 203A, CIDB (2000), IEM (2017), FIDIC Red Book (2017) and JCT (2016)
Division 3: PAM Form 2018 compared with other selected Standard Form Building Contracts
Division 4: Other clauses provided in other selected Standard Form Building Contracts not in the PAM Form 2018