Contribution to Book
Communitarian Rule of Law and the Judicial Articulation of the Right to be Represented in Singapore
Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow
(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
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 19, 2021
Editor
Brian Christopher Jones
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Series
Constitutionalism in Asia
ISBN
978-1-5099-3396-9
DOI
10.5040/9781509933990.ch-006
Publisher Statement
This chapter may be obtained from the Bloomsbury Collections website at https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/democracy-and-rule-of-law-in-chinas-shadow/ch6-communitarian-rule-of-law-and-the-judicial-articulation-of-the-right-to-be-represented-in-singapore.
Citation Information
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 129–145