Much Ado About Nothing? The Enigma of Engagement of Foreign Constitutional Law in Singapore

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Singapore; constitution; constitutional jurisprudence; Asian Studies; Constitutional Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1748; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99202911902601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Constitutional%20Interpretation%20in%20Singapore:%20Theory%20and%20Practice&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Students of Singapore constitutional law are familiar with the 'four walls doctrine' in constitutional interpretation. Put simply, when interpreting the Singapore Constitution and public law statutes, and in development Singapore constitutional jurisprudence, Singapore courts should confin...