Download This PaperCommunitarian Rule of Law and the Judicial Articulation of the Right to be Represented in Singapore
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee and Jaclyn L Neo, “Communitarian Rule of Law and the Judicial Articulation of the Right to be Represented in Singapore” in Brian Christopher Jones (ed), Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow (Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, NY: Hart Publishing, 2021) at pages 129–145
18 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2021 Last revised: 20 Dec 2021
Date Written: June 28, 2021
Abstract
The discrepancy between how Singapore ranks in terms of the rule of law vis-à-vis democracy raises a fascinating puzzle. How does a country rank so highly on rule of law indexes but score so poorly on democracy indexes? More importantly, what does this say about the relationship between the rule of law and democracy? This chapter examines three cases concerning the right to be represented in Singapore, employing them as useful devices to consider some of the more thorny issues concerning the relationship between the rule of law and democracy in a communitarian dominant party state like Singapore.
Keywords: constitutional law, democracy, rule of law, Singapore
JEL Classification: H11, K19
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Jaclyn L Neo
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law ( email )
469G Bukit Timah Road
Eu Tong Sen Building
Singapore, 259776
Singapore