ABSTRACT In attempting to eradicate a backlog, can a jurisdiction prioritise court efficiency without affecting substantive justice? This article engages with this question by considering the experiences of Singapore, a common law country in Southeast Asia that overcame a large backlog in the 1990s. The article investigates how efficiency and justice were conceptualised in relevant court reforms. In the beginning of backlog eradication, efficiency took centre stage, but it does not appear to have been considered in isolation. The introduction of business management principles, which could have boded ill for justice, in fact introduced a theme of consumer satisfaction that ultimately developed into a more robust approach to access to justice. Singapore’s experience suggests that the connection between efficiency and justice is not a logically linear landscape, but rather an intertwined relationship in which efficiency and justice find a context-specific understanding.

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法院积压案件：平衡新加坡的效率与正义

摘要试图消除积压案件时，司法管辖区能否在不影响实体司法的前提下优先考虑法院效率？本文通过考虑新加坡的经验来解决这个问题，新加坡是东南亚的一个普通法国家，在1990年代克服了积压的积压。本文探讨了在相关法院改革中如何将效率和正义概念化。在消除积压的开始之初，效率就处于中心地位，但似乎并未孤立地考虑它。引入业务管理原则可能会给正义带来不适，实际上引入了消费者满意度这一主题，最终发展成为一种更强大的诉诸司法的方法。