Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century

practising their own religions, and shall not imply that the State is not a secular State.’ This statement states unequivocally ...

The issue of apostasy 54 captured international attention as a result of theLina Joy case. (^55) Lina Joy was a Malay woman who ...

that she produce a certificate or a declaration or an order from the Syariah Court that she has apostatised? (b) Whether the NRD ...

the problem arises as no Muslim will dare apply for apostasy declar- ation if the provision in some states imposes punishments o ...

publication’. 71 The case is still pending in the Court of Appeal after the church won the right in the High Court on 31 Decembe ...

emergence of many powerful NGOs including those espousing women’s issues, the juggernaut of globalisation, the pulls of seculari ...

Malay kingship credentials were definitely on the rise and it would seem to remain that way as long as the political leadership ...

12 ‘We are feeling our way forward, step by step’ The continuing Singapore experiment in the construction of communitarian const ...

jurisprudence.’ 4 The Bench rejects a blind adoption of rights-based liberalism which valorises rights claims to the exclusion o ...

which commands a parliamentary majority of more than two-thirds, could have invoked a parliamentary override mechanism against a ...

of high office-holders, with a report released in January 2012. 19 While pledging ‘inclusive dialogue’, he urged that politics n ...

Nonetheless, certain matters, such as security, foreign policy and tax, were not ‘amenable to public consultation’, because of s ...

such as the 2001 Jemaah Islamiyah bomb plot, and no one had been detained ‘only for their political beliefs’. The ISA remained r ...

relational constitutionalism, whose concern is for sustainable relationships. Ethno- religious tensions are mediated through dia ...

Amendments to the composition of parliament: entrenching the unelected element In 2010 , the government removed the sunset claus ...

private members’ bills, or requiring government responses to specific issues raised in parliamentary petitions or adjournment mo ...

desuetude if a significant political opposition presence in parliament becomes unexceptional. Amendments to the presidency and f ...

company or other statutory body – on stipulated dates. That is, the transfer will not be regarded as a draw on past reserves and ...

a fair balance between the claims of the present and future generations, as ‘something we can pass on to our children’. (^70) A ...

Paper as a set of principles, indicating a preference for flexibility. If constructive dialogue fails, this mechanism would avai ...