GAVIN NG
First Year NUS GLB, Associate Editor, SLR

The iron fist in the regulation of political content in new media may just have loosened its grip – if Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong were to get his way, that is.
“We are feeling our way forward step by step… looking for one stone at a time as [we] cross the river,” said PM Lee in his  National Day Rally speech this year, where regulating internet content with a lighter touch was one of the main topics addressed. The sentiments on this …

YVONNE POON
Second Year NUS Law, Associate Editor, SLR

The anonymity of the Internet poses a tricky problem for regulatory bodies but the myth of self-regulation may very well materialize in the form of Wikipedia’s genius.
“Eh, who are Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae…?”
“Dunno. Google it.”
The Internet in its infancy could perhaps never have envisioned how utterly dependent people would one day be on it and the sheer fact that “Google” has evolved from being a somewhat-kooky name for a search engine to a verb we use in our day-to-day conversations …

MELANIE HONG
First Year NUS Law, Deputy Juris Editor, SLR

Some light has finally been shed on the otherwise murky arena of prosecutorial discretion- we now know what the Attorney-General Professor Walter Woon regards as crucial to meting out sentences.
As Professor Woon highlighted, the concept of justice is a fluid one. Between geographical boundaries and with the passing of time, it morphs to take on different appearances and what was considered just fifty years ago may no longer be considered as such in the modern context. With the notion of …

HONG JIA
First Year NUS Law, Associate Editor, SLR

A few Saturdays ago, an uncharacteristic sight awaited the commuter who emerged from Clarke Quay MRT station: a man stands on a grassy knoll and is speaking to a wide swathe of people. Two people beside the banner hold placards that proclaim “World Class Service or World Class Profits”. The 150-strong audience is substantial enough that when they roundly cheer and applaud the speaker’s denouncement of transport policy, one might indeed wonder if this is the spark of public political activism …

ANG HOU FU
Third Year NUS Law, Chief Editor, SLR

There is a wide variety of content available on the Internet, but what can one do with it? Or rather, what is one legally allowed to do with it? For example, would using a picture downloaded from a website as my MSN Messenger display picture be considered stealing? I could probably get permission to use the picture but it is more likely that I would just take my chances, After all, the probability that police will knock on my door …