The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution

The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution

It was not unexpected that the Singapore Court of Appeal would reaffirm the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty for certain forms of drug trafficking in Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] 3 S.L.R 489. ... The appellant made submissions based on Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Const...

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Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
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Constitutionality
death penalty
drug trafficking
right to life
Singapore
Asian Studies
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/985
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-29372016-04-18T05:48:36Z The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta It was not unexpected that the Singapore Court of Appeal would reaffirm the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty for certain forms of drug trafficking in Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] 3 S.L.R 489. ... The appellant made submissions based on Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Constitution, which respectively guarantee rights to life and personal liberty, and to equality before the law and equal protection of the law. This note examines aspects of the Article 9(1) arguments. 2011-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/985 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/2937/viewcontent/MandatoryDeathPenalty_2011.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Constitutionality death penalty drug trafficking right to life Singapore Asian Studies Constitutional Law Human Rights Law
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topic Constitutionality
death penalty
drug trafficking
right to life
Singapore
Asian Studies
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
spellingShingle Constitutionality
death penalty
drug trafficking
right to life
Singapore
Asian Studies
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
description It was not unexpected that the Singapore Court of Appeal would reaffirm the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty for certain forms of drug trafficking in Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] 3 S.L.R 489. ... The appellant made submissions based on Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Constitution, which respectively guarantee rights to life and personal liberty, and to equality before the law and equal protection of the law. This note examines aspects of the Article 9(1) arguments.
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author LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
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title The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
title_short The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
title_full The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
title_fullStr The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
title_full_unstemmed The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution
title_sort mandatory death penalty and a sparsely worded constitution
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2011
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/985
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/2937/viewcontent/MandatoryDeathPenalty_2011.pdf
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