The Limits of Prosecutorial Discretion in Singapore: Past, Present, and Future

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: prosecutorial discretion; Singapore criminal law; Singapore constitutional law; rule of law; judicial review; Criminal Law; International Law; Rule of Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1982; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3934/viewcontent/LimitsProsecutorialDiscretionSingapore_2013_IRL.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The exercise of prosecutorial discretion is a unique executive act that continues to be very well-protected from public scrutiny in many jurisdictions throughout the world. In this article, I attempt to survey virtually the entire body of case law on the limits of prosecutorial discretion in Singapo...