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020 _a9781782258100
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100 1 _aTan, Kevin YL.
_934649
245 1 4 _aThe Constitution of Singapore :
_ba contextual analysis /
_cKevin YL Tan.
_h[electronic resource]
260 _aOxford :
_bBloomsbury Publishing,
_c2020.
300 _aOnline resource
505 0 _aA brief constitutional history -- Constitutionalism in Singapore -- Parliament and representation -- Law-making -- The executive -- The elected president -- The judiciary -- Fundamental rights.
520 _aSingapore's Constitution was hastily cobbled together after her secession from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965. In the subsequent 50 years, the Constitution has been amended many times to evolve a Constitution like no other in the world. Outwardly, Singapore has a Westminster-type constitutional democracy, with an elected legislature, fundamental liberties and safeguards to ensure the independence of the judiciary. On closer inspection, the Constitution displays many innovative and unusual characteristics. Most notable among them are the various types of Members of Parliament that have been introduced since the mid-1980s, the Office of the Elected President and the fact that there is no constitutional right to property. This volume seeks to explain the nature and context of these constitutional innovations in the context of a pluralistic, multi-ethnic state obsessed with public order and security. The volatile racial mix of Singapore, with its majority Chinese population nestled in a largely Malay/Islamic world, compels the state to search for ethnic management solutions through the Constitution to guarantee to the Malays and other ethnic minorities their status in the polity. In addition, it examines how the concept of the rule of law is perceived by the strong centrist state governed by a political party that has been in power since 1959 and continues to hold almost hegemonic power.
650 0 _aConstitutional law
_zSingapore.
650 0 _aConstitutional history
_zSingapore.
650 0 _aConstitutions
_zSingapore
_921191
650 0 _aConstitutions
_zSingapore
_xAnalysis
_965670
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781782258100?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
_zE-Book
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_c2024-07-25
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