In search of the Singapore constitution: Retrospect and prospect

Evolution of a Revolution: Forty Years of the Singapore Constitution

Volumn 9780203885789, Issue , 2008, Pages 323-360

  Thio, Li ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84911091100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203885789     Document Type: Chapter

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11. This may be contrasted with, for example, the preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia which affirms the 'millennial national identity' of the Croatian nation: http://www.constitution.org/cons/croatia.htm.
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28. Benedict Sheehy, 'Singapore, 'Shared Values' and Law: Non East versus West Constitutional Hermeneutic' (2004) 34 HKLJ 67. The pro-communitarian approach towards balancing individual rights and community interests, which is protective of and accords paramountcy to state interests is evident in Chan Hiang Leng Colin v pp
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