TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rajah,Jothie
TI  - Authoritarian rule of law: legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore 
T2  - Cambridge studies in law and society
SN  - 9781107012417 (hbk.)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Rule of law
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Freedom of expression
KW  - SIngapore
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Law reform
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Revised version of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism; Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-331) and index; Law, illiberalism and the Singapore case -- Law as discourse : theoretical and definitional parameters -- Punishing bodies, securing the nation : 1966 Vandalism Act -- Policing the press : the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act -- Policing lawyers : constraining citizenship : Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1986 -- Policing religion : Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act -- Entrenching illiberalism : the 2009 Public Order Act -- Legislation, illiberalism and legitimacy
ER  -