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Foreword

  F O R E W O R D               This blog comprises literary works composed by me over the year, starting at around 1984.  Most were self-published in ten books, printed by Conet Printing.  As these were circulated to only few friends, it seemed appropriate to place them on a blog.  The blog does not include the two books published by me commercially with World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd,  Down Memory Lane and Maybe a Swan Song.             My self-published works were, of course, arranged chronologically.  The blog is arranged differently, it is   divided into seven parts. The first sets out my personal details. The remaining six arrange my publications in a topical sequence: Novels, Novellas, Legal Episode, Short Stories, Essays and Dialogues.             The blog does ...

Self-Published Books

PETER ELLINGER’S SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS   1.   A Candid Obituary (2006) 2.   The Devil in Munich (2007) 3.   The Bowing Harlequin (2007) 4.   Reunion in Zermatt (2008) 5.   The Scales of Fortuna (2010) 6.   The Counter Bible (2016) 7.    Ephemeral Stories (2017) 8.     Down Memory Lane (2018) 9.     Bright Lion (2020) 10. The Nose Puncher (2022)   All these books were published by Conet Printing.  The copyright is vested in Peter Ellinger .  

Legal Publications

List of Peter Ellinger’s Publications on Legal Topics   Books and Book-Length Chapters in Co-Authored Books   1.        Documentary Letters of Credit - A Comparative Study (revised D. Phil. thesis, comparing English, American, French and German law); University of Singapore Press , 1970, li + 389 pp.     2.      “ Bills of Exchange and Banking ” being Chapter 3 of Vol. 2 of Chitty on Contracts; London, Sweet and Maxwell: 23rd ed., 1968, pp. 162 - 242; 24th ed., 1977, p. 135 - 278; 25th ed., 1983, pp. 2451 - 2588; 26th ed., 1989, pp. 179 - 390; 27th ed, 1994, [Chap. 33], pp. 173 – 391, 27th ed. 1999, [Chap. 33], pp. 170 – 379; 28 th ed., 1999, [Chap. 34], pp. 169-376   {plus 3 rd Supp.);   29 th ed. 2004 [Chap 34; with Prof. R.H.A. Hooley], pp. 253 – 497.   3.      Chapters on the Financing of Sales by Banking Devices in Benjamin’s Sale of Goods; London, Sweet and Maxwell:...

About me

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  About me Gender Male Introduction Peter Ellinger graduated from the Hebrew University with an M. Jur. in 1959 and was called to the Israeli Bar. Following his pupillage and practice in Tel Aviv, he went to Oxford, obtaining his D.Phil. in 1964. He started his academic career at the University of Singapore (1961 – 1966).   Thereafter he held Chairs of Law at the Victoria University of Wellington (1967 – 1976) and at Monash University (1977 – 1986). In 1986 he accepted the post of a Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore.   After his retirement, he was called to the legal profession in Singapore and was appointed Consultant at Rajah & Tann as well as a Professorial Fellow at the National University of Singapore.                      On 14 September 1998, Peter Ellinger was constituted an Emeritus Professor. During his long academic career, he has pu...