Foreign Precedents in Constitutional Adjudication by the Supreme Court of Singapore, 1963-2013

• Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: constitutional law; Supreme Court of Singapore; use of foreign precedents; Asian Studies; Constitutional Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1524; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3476/viewcontent/ForeignPrecedentsConstAdjuSCSinagpore_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article surveys the use of foreign precedents in constitutional adjudication by the Supreme Court of Singapore for over a half century during the terms of the first three Chief Justices—Wee Chong Jin (1963–1990), Yong Pung How (1990–2006), and Chan Sek Keong (2006–2012)—and the first year in of...