2. The latter offers a good general analysis of globalization’s impact on domestic constitutional law in Singapore and elsewhere. Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this very useful analysis of constitutional law in Singapore provides essential information on the country’s sources of constitutional law, its form of government, and its administrative structure.Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the clarifications of particular terminology and its application. Since then, generations of law students, judges and practitioners delving into the subject have relied mainly upon three editions of the casebook Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore authored by Kevin Y L Tan and Thio Li-ann, the latest of which appeared in 2010. Papers; People; A Place to Stand to Move the Earth: Standing and the Rule of Law. ↑ Act No 24 of 1969. Sheldrake wrote a book criticizing the administration of the death penalty in Singapore. 2,771 Followers. Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in federal countries such as the United States and Canada, the relationship between the central government and state, provincial, or territorial governments. ↑ Report of the Constitutional Commission, 1966, reproduced as Appendix D in Kevin Y.L. Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this very useful analysis of constitutional law in Singapore. provides essential information on the country's sources of constitutional law, its form of government, and its administrative structure.. Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the clarifications of particular terminology and its application. A Treatise on Singapore Constitutional Law by Thio Li-ann The first substantive work on the constitutional law of Singapore was a 190-page book by S Jayakumar published in 1976.1Since then, generations of law students, Judges and practitioners delving into the subject have relied mainly upon three editions of the casebook Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singaporeauthored by Kevin Y L … (a) on the rights conferred by clause (1)(a), such restrictions as it considers necessary or expedient in the interest of the security of Singapore or any part thereof, friendly relations with other countries, public order or morality and restrictions designed to protect the privileges of Parliament or to provide against contempt of court, defamation or incitement to any offence; Recent papers in Singapore constitutional law. Singapore constitutional law. ↑ Act No 16 of 1971. 4 See Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, “Foreign Precedents in Constitutional Adjudication by the Supreme Court of Singapore, 1963–2013” (2015) 24:2 Washington International Law Journal 253 at 260. "The first substantive work on the constitutional law of Singapore was a 190-page book by S Jayakumar published in 1976. SINGAPORE - The High Court has dismissed three separate legal challenges against Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises consensual sex between men.. Read more at straitstimes.com. Abstract: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this very useful analysis of constitutional law in Singapore provides essential information on the country’s sources of constitutional law, its form of government, and its administrative structure. Alan Sheldrake, Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore’s Justice in the Dock (2011). Quantitative enquiries would show that there has been an increase in the number of cases involving constitutional law issues in the past decade. ↑ Act No 19 of 1969. Since then, generations of law students, judges and practitioners delving into the subject have relied mainly upon three editions of the casebook Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore authored by Kevin Y L Tan and Thio Li-ann, the latest of which appeared in 2010. Tan and Thio Li-ann, Tan, Yeo & Lee’s Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore, 2 nd ed (Singapore: Butterworths, 1997). The first substantive work on the constitutional law of Singapore was a 190-page book by S Jayakumar published in 1976. Now a standalone volume, Singapore’s constitutional law is explored and discussed within the volume.