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Huey

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Science fiction, technology, law, and Singapore.

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@[email protected] and I were discussing generating diagrams from text the other day. I use Mermaid (mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid) regularly myself. It's so much better than manually shifting boxes and lines in Word or PowerPoint. Now, if only PowerPoint and LibreOffice Impress had built-in support for editing Mermaid diagrams 🤔.

Subhas Anandan: The Best I Could (2009, Marshall Cavendish Editions, Marshall Cavendish Corp.)

The Best I Could traces the life and career of Subhas Anandan, an advocate whose …

Accessible and candid

In this semi-autobiography, Subhas describes his upbringing and some of the well-known cases that he handled. As he says, he writes for the man in the street, so there is hardly any legal language and certainly no legal analysis.

Considering he was one of the most well-known members of the Criminal Bar, I found that the book provided context for why certain aspects of criminal practice are to the way they are and why certain changes were made to the law. Many famous names feature in the book, including David Marshall, who defended Subhas when he was framed for gang activities, Francis Xavier who reportedly still owes Subhas money, and Chan Sek Keong who was Subhas's pupil master.