When the Text Runs Out: The Role of the Court in Constitutional Construction
Constitutions in Westminster-style legal systems in Asia such as India, Malaysia and Singapore feature bills of rights with provisions phrased at a high level of abstraction. As a consequence, at some stage a particular constitutional text ‘runs out’ and ceases to provide a court with substantive gu...
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Main Author: | LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2010
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/16 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1015/viewcontent/WhentheTextRunsOut_20100525.pdf |
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