The basic structure doctrine in Singapore: A reply
While there are important principles fundamental to the Singapore Constitution, they do not form a legally unchangeable “basic structure”. Even if it were possible to identify a substantive “basic structure”, its exact content would be indeterminate and we would be left with only broad, unhelpful tr...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-44102017-12-21T02:44:53Z The basic structure doctrine in Singapore: A reply ONG, Benjamin Joshua While there are important principles fundamental to the Singapore Constitution, they do not form a legally unchangeable “basic structure”. Even if it were possible to identify a substantive “basic structure”, its exact content would be indeterminate and we would be left with only broad, unhelpful truisms. Instead, the true safeguards against potential undesirable constitutional amendments lie in democratic political processes. 2014-11-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2452 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4410/viewcontent/The_Basic_Structure_Doctrine_in_Singapore___a_reply.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Public Law and Legal Theory |
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While there are important principles fundamental to the Singapore Constitution, they do not form a legally unchangeable “basic structure”. Even if it were possible to identify a substantive “basic structure”, its exact content would be indeterminate and we would be left with only broad, unhelpful truisms. Instead, the true safeguards against potential undesirable constitutional amendments lie in democratic political processes. |
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