Legacies Beyond Tenor
Explore Singapore's judicial history through engaging digital experiences and interviews authored by Eleanor Wong!
”Every day, they strive to improve their service to the clients by developing the right blend of technology and creativity to make sure every job done is done as efficiently as possible.”
- Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, President of the Singapore Academy of Law
”Every day, they strive to improve their service to the clients by developing the right blend of technology and creativity to make sure every job done is done as efficiently as possible.”
- Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, President of the Singapore Academy of Law
"I hope that, through this series of overlapping stories and perspectives, readers may glean for themselves the tenor of the times."
- Ms Eleanor Wong, Author of the
Legal Tenor and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore
A Message from the Author
About Legal Tenor
This work is a product of the Singapore Academy of Law’s Oral History project, an ongoing effort to capture personal accounts by legal personalities of their lives in the law. It also draws on accounts separately gathered by Singapore’s Oral History Centre, which is part of the National Archives of Singapore (“NAS”), and has, of course, had a much longer track record of preserving national memories generally. NAS had for some time included interviews with Singapore change-makers who also happened to be lawyers. But, around 2004, the Academy’s Legal Heritage Committee decided that an effort specially targeted at law professionals could provide specific insight into our legal community. In the intervening years, interviews have been carried out with close to 40 persons and the list continues to grow. The tapes run to hundreds of hours, the transcripts to thousands of pages. The interviewees hardly form a complete list of everyone whom the Committee would have liked to record for posterity; but they are a rich representation.
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From the Creators of this Experience
Working on this project was very fulfilling. It gave me insight into the legal world in which my grandfather was involved. Understanding the circumstances of how Singaporeans rose into places of such power gives me great inspiration.
Rohin Selvam Ramachandra
Co-founder of LivingLegacy
Aaron Chong
Co-Founder of LivingLegacy
Krishna Ramachandra
Founder of Digital Insights Sustainability
We've always believed that the most meaningful technological innovations are those that serve the greater good. Our work with organisations like the Singapore Academy of Law reflects this commitment - preserving Singapore's rich legal heritage and stories of its pioneers through digital technology, while ensuring these innovations remain accessible across generations.
When the advent of technology converges with history it serves as a powerful reminder of the selflessness and sacrifice of the generations before us that laid out the very foundations that enable us to now experience this. It’s been fulfilling to be part of this project to say the least.
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