By Li-ann Thio, Kevin YL Tan
This ebook offers a well timed evaluate of the influence of background, politics and economics in shaping the Singapore structure, going past the descriptive narrative, the authors will forged a severe eye over the advancements of the final forty years.
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LQR LRC (Const) Mal. R. MDA Melb. U. L. Rev. MHA Mich. L. Rev. U. L. Rev. Georgetown Law Journal Government Parliamentary Committee Group Representation Constituency Harvard Human Rights Journal Harvard Journal of Law and Public policy Harvard Law Review Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly High Court High Court of Australia Hong Kong Law Journal Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest Human Rights Act International Bible Students Association International and Comparative Law Quarterly International Journal of Constitutional Law Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Internal Security Act Judicial Commissioner Jemaah Islamiyah Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law Jehovah’s Witnesses King’s Bench Law and Social Inquiry Loyola Law Review Law Quarterly Review Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Constitutional Division Malaya Law Review Misuse of Drugs Act Melbourne University Law Review Minister of Home Affairs Michigan Law Review Malayan Law Journal Mixed Member Proportional Member of Parliament Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore) Non Constituency Member of Parliament New Economic Policy Nominated Member of Parliament National University of Singapore New York University Law Review Abbreviations xxxi 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3111 4 5 6 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30111 1 2 3 4 351 6 7 8 9 40111 1 2 3 4 45111 OJLS OUCLJ PAP PCMR PEC PEMA PERC PKMS PM PP PPSO PSC QB RSIA SA SAcLJ San Diego L.
Glob. Leg. Stud. ISA JC JI JMCL JW KB Law and Soc. Inquiry Loy. L. Rev. LQR LRC (Const) Mal. R. MDA Melb. U. L. Rev. MHA Mich. L. Rev. U. L. Rev. Georgetown Law Journal Government Parliamentary Committee Group Representation Constituency Harvard Human Rights Journal Harvard Journal of Law and Public policy Harvard Law Review Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly High Court High Court of Australia Hong Kong Law Journal Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest Human Rights Act International Bible Students Association International and Comparative Law Quarterly International Journal of Constitutional Law Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Internal Security Act Judicial Commissioner Jemaah Islamiyah Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law Jehovah’s Witnesses King’s Bench Law and Social Inquiry Loyola Law Review Law Quarterly Review Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Constitutional Division Malaya Law Review Misuse of Drugs Act Melbourne University Law Review Minister of Home Affairs Michigan Law Review Malayan Law Journal Mixed Member Proportional Member of Parliament Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore) Non Constituency Member of Parliament New Economic Policy Nominated Member of Parliament National University of Singapore New York University Law Review Abbreviations xxxi 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3111 4 5 6 7 8 9 20111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30111 1 2 3 4 351 6 7 8 9 40111 1 2 3 4 45111 OJLS OUCLJ PAP PCMR PEC PEMA PERC PKMS PM PP PPSO PSC QB RSIA SA SAcLJ San Diego L.
Going beyond the descriptive narrative, the authors cast a critical eye over the developments of the last 40 years by evaluating and situating them amidst the larger tapestry of Singapore’s historical, political and economic development. This collection comprises 10 essays covering various broad thematic aspects of the Constitution. The authors have painted in broad strokes, overarching, retrospective commentaries on the various themes covered. The tone of the essays is evaluative and to some extent prescriptive, with the necessary narrative woven within this commentary.