Screen LibraryAuthoritarian rule of law：legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in law and society |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 343 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781107012417 (hardback) 1107012414 (hardback) 9781107634169 (pbk.) 1107634164 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D933 |
| CLC: | D933.9 |
| Call Number: | D933.9/R161 |
| Contents: |
Revised version of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism. Includes bibliographical references 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. |