Tan Yock Lin

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Professor

Tan Yock Lin
NationalitySingaporean
Alma mater
EmployerNational University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Notable work
Criminal Procedure (2002)

Tan Yock Lin is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore. He is best known for his authoritative text, Criminal Procedure.

Education and career[]

Tan read engineering at Imperial College and law at the University of Oxford. He had previously worked at the Economic Development Board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore before becoming a law professor in 2000.[1]

In August 2008, Tan was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) during the National Day Awards for his work in law reform with the Singapore Academy of Law. When asked to say a few words about the award, he said, “Law reform is tremendously exciting and I am truly thankful to have been given the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the country’s most informed and forward legal minds.”[2]

In 2010, Tan was appointed as the inaugural Geoffrey Bartholomew Professor.[3] On his appointment, NUS Law Dean Tan Cheng Han noted, "It is befitting that the inaugural appointee is Professor Tan Yock Lin. Besides sharing a deep practice in the law, both Professor Tan and Professor Bartholomew started out as economists. Though their paths may not quite have crossed, each has left indelible footprints for the rest of us to follow. Just as Professor Bartholomew had touched many lives in his time at the University, Prof Tan continues to share his wealth of experience and knowledge with many of our law students."[3] The professorship title was succeeded by Jeffrey Pinsler.[4]

works[]

  • Tan, Yock Lin (1991). Law of Advocates and Solicitors in Singapore and West Malaysia. Singapore & Austin, TX: Malayan Law Journal & Butterworth Legal Publishers. ISBN 9780409995930. OCLC 25084100.
  • ——— (1993). Conflicts Issues in Family and Succession Law. Singapore & Austin, TX: Butterworths. ISBN 9780409996418. OCLC 30076502.
  • ——— (1996). Criminal Procedure (in 2 vols.). Singapore: Butterworth & Co. (Asia). ISBN 9780409997941. OCLC 957034726.
  • ———; (2006). The Conflict of Laws in Singapore, 2001-2005. Singapore: Singapore Academy of Law. ISBN 9810572328. OCLC 775676890.
  • ———; (2012). Criminal procedure in Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore: LexisNexis. ISBN 9789812369208. OCLC 793210302. - updating resource
  • ——— (2014). Personal Property Law. Law practice series. Singapore: Academy Publishing. ISBN 9789810768010. OCLC 880663205.

References[]

  1. ^ "LLM (International Business Law) - Teaching Faculty".
  2. ^ "Faculty Announcement" (PDF). 14 August 2008.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Launch of Geoffrey Bartholomew Professorship" (PDF). 23 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Prof Jeffrey Pinsler Appointed as Geoffrey Bartholomew Professor" (PDF). 7 April 2014.
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