The Inherent Jurisdiction and Inherent Powers of the Singapore Courts: Rethinking the Limits of Their Exercise

• Main Author: GOH, Yihan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Jurisdiction; Courts; Power; Singapore; Asian Studies; Legislation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1413
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The issue of the limits of the courts' inherent jurisdiction and inherent powers has always been an important one. For a long time the courts have been satisfied with broad tests based on "need" or the "justice of the case" to set such limits. These tests are highly useful b...