Authoritarian school of law
Subtitle: legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore
By: Jothie Saunthararajah
Series: Cambridge studies in law and society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781107012417; 9781107634169
Subjects: Politics and government; Authoritarianism; Law reform; Freedom of expression; Rule of law
Notes: Revised version of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Law, illiberalism and the Singapore case; title: Law as discourse : theoretical and definitional parameters; title: Punishing bodies, securing the nation: 1966 Vandalism Act; title: Policing the press : the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act; title: Policing lawyers : constraining citizenship : Legal Profession (amendment) Act 1986; title: Policing religion : Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act; title: Entrenching illiberalism : the 2009 Public Order Act; title: Legislation, illiberalism and legitimacy.