Authoritarian rule of law : legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore - Rajah, Jothie, 1963- (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012)
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.
Revised version of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-331) and index.
Keywords: Rule of law -- Singapore; Freedom of expression -- SIngapore; Authoritarianism -- Singapore; Law reform -- Singapore; Singapore -- Politics and government