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
Published: 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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Institution: Singapore Management University
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