Rajah, Jothie,  1963- <br/><br/>
Authoritarian rule of law :  legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore / 
Jothie Rajah. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2012. 
 - xviii, 343 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in law and society .
<br/><br/> Revised version of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-331) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107012417 (hbk.)  RM300.96 9781107634169 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rule of law--Singapore.<br/>Freedom of expression--SIngapore.<br/>Authoritarianism--Singapore.<br/>Law reform--Singapore.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Singapore--Politics and government.