According to the Spirit and not to the Letter: Proportionality and the Singapore Constitution

• Main Author: Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Constitutional interpretation; fundamental liberties; human rights; proportionality; Singapore; Constitutional Law; Human Rights Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1316; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3268/viewcontent/2014_8_3__VJICL_276_304_AccordingtotheSpirit.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

When interpreting the fundamental liberties in the Singapore Constitution, courts presently do not engage in a proportionality analysis – that is, a consideration of whether limitations on rights imposed by executive or legislative action bear a rational relation with the object of the action, and,...