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1.

Public Opinion on the Death Penalty in Singapore: Survey Findings

NUS Law Working Paper No. 2018/002
Number of pages: 117 Posted: 12 Feb 2018
Wing Cheong Chan, TAN Ern Ser, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee and Braema MATHI
Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Independent and Independent
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Singapore, death penalty, sentencing, public opinion

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Separability, Competence-Competence and the Arbitrator's Jurisdiction in Singapore

Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Vol. 7, p. 421, 1995
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Arbitration law, doctrine of separability of arbitration clauses, competence of arbitral tribunal to determine its own competence, Singapore

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Workplace Sexual Harassment in Singapore: The Legal Challenge

Singapore Academy of Law Journal, Vol. 11, p. 27, 1999
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 14 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Contract law, criminal law, employment law, labour law, tort law, sexual harassment, Australia, Canada, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Getting Called: A Practical Guide

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 18, p. 455, 1997
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Legal profession, admission as advocates and solicitors, admission to the bar, Singapore

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A Place for the Privileged Will

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 15, p. 171, 1994
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Wills and succession law, privileged wills of soldiers and sailors, personal property, Singapore

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Treaties, Time Limits and Treasure Trove: The Legal Protection of Cultural Objects in Singapore

Art, Antiquity & Law, Vol. 9, No. 3, p. 237, 2004
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Law of cultural property, art law, heritage law, Singapore

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The Past, Present and Future of the Internal Security Act

Singapore Management University School of Law Opinion Series No. JL3/2012
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitution of Singapore, detention without trial, Internal Security Act, preventive detention, Singapore

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Sense of Place: The Intersection Between Built Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Singapore

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Sense of Place: The Intersection Between Built Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Singapore

(2020) 4(1) Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy 604-621
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Oct 2020
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Built Heritage, Heritage Law, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Singapore

Sense of Place: The Intersection between Built Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Singapore

Singapore Management University School of Law Opinion Series No JL3/2016
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2017
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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built heritage, intangible cultural heritage, Singapore

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The Limits of Liberty: The Crime of Male Same-Sex Conduct and the Rights to Life and Personal Liberty in Singapore: Lim Meng Suang v Attorney-General [2015] 1 SLR 26

Hong Kong Law Journal, vol. 46 (1), pp 49-70, May 2016, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 11/2016
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 May 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2016
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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criminalization of same-sex conduct, constitutional law, right to life, right to liberty, section 377A of the Penal Code (Singapore), Singapore

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Protecting Human Rights: The Approach of the Singapore Courts

Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 49/2015
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2015
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitutional interpretation, human rights, judicial deference, Singapore

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Equal Protection and Sexual Orientation

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 16, p. 228, 1995
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional law, equality, equal protection, discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, male homosexual activity, bill of rights, civil liberties, human rights, criminal law, unnatural offenses, carnal intercourse against the order of nature, gross indecency, Singapore, Malaysia

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Interpreting Bills of Rights: The Value of a Comparative Approach

International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 5, pp. 122-152, 2007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Feb 2008
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Comparative law, constitutional interpretation, interpreting bills of rights, Singapore, United States

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Rediscovering the Constitution

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 16, p. 157, 1995
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional law, role of judges in constitutional interpretation, moderate textualism, bill of rights, civil liberties, fundamental liberties, human rights, Singapore

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We Built This City: Public Participation in Land Use Decisions in Singapore

Asian Journal of Comparative Law, vol 10, no 2, 213-234, December 18, 2015, DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2015.15, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 3/2016
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 11 May 2016
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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compulsory acquisition law, constitutional law, Edward Soja, heritage law, planning law, Singapore, spatial justice, transient use of public spaces

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Singapore: The State of Liberal Democracy

in Albert, Richard and Landau, David and Faraguna, Pietro and Drugda, Šimon, The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law (July 19, 2018). The I·CONnect-Clough Center 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law, ISBN: 978-0-692-15916-3
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Aug 2018
Jaclyn L. Neo, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, Makoto Hong and Jiayun Ho
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law, Independent, AGC Academy and Government of the Republic of Singapore - Supreme Court of Singapore
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constitutional law

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The Text Through Time

Statute Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 217-237, 2010
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Connotation and Denotation, Constitutional Interpretation, Interpretation of Bills of Rights, Statutory Interpretation

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Case Note: The Court of Appeal's Lack of Jurisdiction to Reopen Appeals: Abdullah Bin A Rahman v Public Prosecutor [[1994] 3 SLR [Singapore Law Reports] 129, CA]; Lim Choon Chye v Public Prosecutor [[1994] 3 SLR 135, CA]

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, p. 431, 1994
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Criminal procedure, jurisdiction to reopen appeals, miscarriages of justice, administration of justice, Singapore

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Medical Investigation of Suspects by the Police

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 17, p. 51, 1996
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Criminal procedure, medical examinations of suspects by the police, taking of tissue samples from suspects by the police, Singapore

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The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution

Law Quarterly Review, Vol. 127, pp. 192-195, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional Law, Customary International Law, Inhuman Punishment or Treatment, Mandatory Death Penalty, Right to Life, Singapore

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Getting Called: Recent Developments

Singapore Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 298, 1998
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Legal profession, admission as advocates and solicitors, admission to the bar, Singapore

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Equality and Singapore's First Constitutional Challenges to the Criminalization of Male Homosexual Conduct

Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, Vol. 16(1-2), pp. 150-185, October 2015 , Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 52/2015
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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criminalization of homosexual acts, right to equality, Singapore constitutional law

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From Eligibility to Election: The Mechanics of the Presidential Poll

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, "From Eligibility to Election: The Mechanics of the Presidential Poll" in Jaclyn L Neo and Swati S Jhaveri (eds), Constitutional Change in Singapore: Reforming the Elected Presidency (Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020), chapter 7, pages 178–208
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jul 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitutional law, election law, president, Singapore

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Report on Civil Liability for Misuse of Private Information

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee & Phang Hsiao Chung; Simon Constantine (ed), Report on Civil Liability for Misuse of Private Information (Singapore: Law Reform Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2020) (ISBN 978-981-14-7748-5)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee and Hsiao Chung Phang
Independent and Supreme Court, Singapore
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misuse of private information, privacy law, Singapore, tort law

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Foreign Precedents in Constitutional Adjudication by the Supreme Court of Singapore, 1963-2013

Washington International Law Journal, Vol. 24(2), pp. 253–288, April 2015, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 51/2015
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2015
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitutional law, Supreme Court of Singapore, use of foreign precedents

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Reforming the Right to Legal Counsel in Singapore

Singapore Management University School of Law Opinion Series No. JL2/2012
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional law, criminal procedure, human rights law, right to counsel, Singapore

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Canada, constitutional interpretation, proportionality, Singapore, United Kingdom, Vietnam

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Singapore's Elected President: An Office that Is Still Evolving

Singapore Management University School of Law Opinion Series Paper No. JL2, pp. 1-4, July 2016, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 17/2016
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitution of Singapore, Elected President of Singapore

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Proportionality in Interpreting Constitutional Rights: A Comparison between Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore and its Implications for Vietnam

School of Law Singapore Management University Opinion Series No JL4/2012
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Feb 2015
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Canada, constitutional interpretation, fundamental liberties, human rights, proportionality, Singapore, United Kingdom, Vietnam

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Communitarian 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
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee and Jaclyn L. Neo
Independent and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law
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constitutional law, democracy, rule of law, Singapore

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Magna Carta Then and Now: A Symbol of Freedom and Equal Rights for All

Today, pp. 16-17, November 19, 2015
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Eugene Kheng Boon Tan and Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law and Independent
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Constitution of Singapore, due process, Magna Carta, rule of law

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Teaching Law in the University – Shaping Future Generations

THE PRACTICE OF LAW, pp. 177–184, Tang Hang Wu, Michael Hor, Koh Swee Yen, eds., Singapore: LexisNexis, 2011
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Nov 2011
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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legal academia, legal profession, Singapore, universities

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Shall the Twain Never Meet? Competing Narratives and Discourses of the Rule of Law in Singapore

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Shall the Twain Never Meet? Competing Narratives and Discourses of the Rule of Law in Singapore

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, December 2012, pages 298-330
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2013
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitutional law, human rights law, rule of law, Singapore

Shall the Twain Never Meet? Competing Narratives and Discourses of the Rule of Law in Singapore

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, p. 298, December 2012, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 9/2013
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2013
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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A Legal Backgrounder on By-Elections

Singapore Management University School of Law Opinion Series No. JL1/2012
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2012
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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By-elections, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Singapore

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Submission on Specific Aspects of the Elected Presidency

Opinion Series No. JL1/2016, pp. 1-6, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 9/2016
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2016
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional Commission, Elected President, Singapore, Sundaresh Menon

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Rethinking the Presumption of Constitutionality

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, “Rethinking the Presumption of Constitutionality” in Jaclyn L Neo (ed), Constitutional Interpretation in Singapore: Theory and Practice (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016) (ISBN 978-1-138-91448-3), Chapter 6, pp. 139–158
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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constitutional law, presumption of constitutionality, Singapore law

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Hougang By-Election Case: What Court Decision on By-Election Reveals

Today (6 August 2013) at 16 and 18, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 18/2013
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2013
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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By-elections, constitutional law, deference, judicial review, Parliament, Singapore, standing

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A Presence of the Past: The Legal Protection of Singapore's Archaeological Heritage

International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 257–288, December 2013, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 4/2014
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2015
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Archaeology, national monuments, planning law, Singapore, treasure trove

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Let Presidential Hopefuls Have Their Say

The Straits Times (Singapore), p. A36, August 13, 2011
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 15 Aug 2011
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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judicial review of administrative action, Presidential Elections Committee, presidential elections in Singapore

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Constraint or Restraint? Singapore's Constitution at 50

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, “Constraint or Restraint? Singapore’s Constitution at 50” in Jason Lim and Terence Lee (eds), Singapore: Negotiating State and Society, 1965–2015 (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016), chapter 2, pp. 15–34
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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Constitutional law, deference, judicial review, Singapore

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The Court of Appeal's Lack of Jurisdiction to Reopen Appeals

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp. 431-447, 1994
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent
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A Place to Stand to Move the Earth: Standing and the Rule of Law

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A Place to Stand to Move the Earth: Standing and the Rule of Law

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, "A Place to Stand to Move the Earth: Standing and the Rule of Law" [2020] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 367–391
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Feb 2021
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constitutional law of Singapore, locus standi, rule of law, standing

A Place to Stand to Move the Earth: Standing and the Rule of Law

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, Sep 2020, pp 367-391
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Jan 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
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Topical Storm Approaching: Regulating Public Assemblies and Responding to Online Falsehoods in the City State of Singapore

Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, ”Topical Storm Approaching: Regulating Public Assemblies and Responding to Online Falsehoods in the City State of Singapore“ in Ernst Hirsch Ballin [et al] (eds), European Yearbook of Constitutional Law 2020 (The Hague: T M C Asser Press, 2021), vol 2, pp 199–234
Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
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digital right to the city, right to the city, right to freedom of assembly, right to freedom of speech

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Singapore (2019)

Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna, and Simon Drugda (eds), 2019 Global Review of Constitutional Law (Boston, Massachusetts: I-CONnect and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College, 2020), pp 293–299
Posted: 03 Feb 2021
Jaclyn L. Neo, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, Makoto Hong, Jiayun Ho and Marcus Teo
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law, Independent, Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore, Government of the Republic of Singapore - Supreme Court of Singapore and National University of Singapore (NUS)

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constitutional law, fake news, free speech, POFMA, Singapore

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Singapore (2018)

Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Simon Drugda (eds), 2018 Global Review of Constitutional Law, Boston, Massachusetts: I-CONnect and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College, 2019
Posted: 15 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2020
Jaclyn L. Neo, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, Makoto Hong and Jiayun Ho
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law, Independent, Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore and Government of the Republic of Singapore - Supreme Court of Singapore

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Constitutional Interpretation, Fundamental Liberties, Human Rights, Public Consultation, Singapore

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According to the Spirit and Not to the Letter: Proportionality and the Singapore Constitution

Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Vol. 8(3), pp. 276-304, September 2014, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 43/2015
Posted: 02 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2015
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
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Constitutional interpretation, fundamental liberties, human rights, proportionality, Singapore

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An Articulate Silence: The Interpretation and Construction of Taciturn Bills of Rights

Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper No. 2/2013
Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2014
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
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Bills of rights, commonwealth legal systems, constitutional construction, constitutional interpretation, Westminster legal systems

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Interpreting Bills of Rights: The Value of a Comparative Approach

International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 122-152, 2007
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Independent

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