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SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW · ACADEMIC CITATIONS

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SAL academic footnotes

Based on the supplied SAL Style Guide Quick Reference, July 2007. The same source and pinpoint immediately repeated becomes Ibid. A changed pinpoint becomes Id. A later reference points to its first full citation using supra n (D–3.1–D–3.3). Reordering updates these references.

Reports, pinpoints and short names

Use the SLR report citation when available (C–1(b)). Paragraph ranges use en dashes; older reports may need a page as well (C–1(d)). Case short names are introduced with the first full citation (C–1(e)). Lookup retrieves the case name, and does not establish whether the case has been reported or remains good law.

How the SLR 2021 guide differs

The supplied Singapore Law Reports Style Guide 2021 covers judgment writing. Its paragraph-based cross-references (2–1.5) differ from academic footnotes. This workspace uses SAL academic footnotes; SLR judgment paragraphs and SAL Annual Review paragraph references are not automated.

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