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Chan, Sek Keong (December 2012), "The Courts and the 'Rule of Law' in Singapore", Singapore Journal of Legal Studies: 209–231, SSRN 2242727. Hall, Stephen (1995), "Preventive Detention, Political Rights and the Rule of Law in Singapore and Malaysia", Lawasia: Journal of the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific: 14–62.
Judicial Reform in Singapore: Reducing Backlogs and Court Delays. Washington, D.C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank: 127– 133. ISBN 978-0-8213-3206-1. Ross Worthington (2001). "Between Hermes and Themis: An Empirical Study of the Contemporary Judiciary in Singapore". Journal of Law and Society. 28 (4): 490.
This total separation between the exercise of the judicial power on the one hand and the exercise of the legislative and the executive powers on the other hand is based on the rule of law." [71] In Singapore, the Supreme Court upholds the separation of powers and constitutional supremacy by exercising jurisdiction to judicially review the ...
The Old Supreme Court Building, which was in use between 1939 and 2005, as it appeared in September 2009. The legal system of Singapore is based on the English common law system.
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore.A written constitution, the text which took effect on 9 August 1965 is derived from the Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963, provisions of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia made applicable to Singapore by the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965 (No. 9 of 1965, 1985 Rev. Ed.), and the Republic of ...
One particularly important statute is the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, [2] which is the supreme law of Singapore. Any law the Legislature enacts after the commencement of the Constitution that is inconsistent with it is, to the extent of the inconsistency, void. [3]
Judicial independence is protected by Singapore's Constitution, statutes such as the State Courts Act and Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and the common law. Independence of the judiciary is the principle that the judiciary should be separated from legislative and executive power, and shielded from inappropriate pressure from these branches of ...
As the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (1985 Rev. Ed., 1999 Reprint) is the supreme law of Singapore, the High Court can hold any law enacted by Parliament, subsidiary legislation issued by a minister, or rules derived from the common law, as well as acts and decisions of public authorities, that are inconsistent with the Constitution ...