The Rule of Law in Singapore: Legal Communitarianism, Paternal Democracy and the Developmentalist State

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The Rule of Law in Singapore: Legal Communitarianism, Paternal Democracy and the Developmentalist State

By Li-ann Thio
Hart Publishing January 2025

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9781509951390
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
January 2025
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Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book looks at the rule of law in the context of Singapore and reflects on what the Singapore case study contributes to the understanding of the rule of law.

Singapore has been both lauded and lambasted for vindicating and subverting the rule of law. While enjoying favour as a universal prescription for political justice and constitutionalism, the rule of law ideal is also challenged for being vague about what it means and requires. It remains an essentially contested conception, whose content is shaped by the underlying political, economic, social and religious public philosophy of a polity.

The book explores the reception and development of the Singapore Local System, its constitutional order and institutions, the political dimensions, judicial review and the context of democracy and civil rights.

Lucid and engaging, this book will be of interest to researchers working in constitutional law.

Table of Contents

1. The Reception and Development of the Rule of Law within the Singapore Legal System: From Colony to State
2. The Rule of Law in Context: The Constitutional Order and Institutions
3. The Rule of Law in Context: Political Dimensions and Academic Discourse
4. Rule of Law, Democracy and Civil and Political Rights
5. Judicial Review: Delimiting Institutional Boundaries
6. Judicial Review and the Administrative State
7. Judicial Review and Rights Jurisprudence
8. Concluding Observations on the Singapore Conception and Experience with the Rule of Law
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