The unmeritorious ‘legality’/‘merits’ distinction in Singapore administrative law
The Singapore courts often state that judicial review of executive decision-making ought only to involve an inquiry into the ‘legality’ of a decision or the ‘decision-making process’, and not the ‘decision itself’ or its ‘merits’ – let us call this the ‘Distinction’. This paper argues that the Disti...
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Main Author: | ONG, Benjamin Joshua |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2021
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3650 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5608/viewcontent/The_Unmeritorious_Legality_Merits_Distinction_in_Singapore_Administrative_Law__repositories_.pdf |
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