Constitutional Interpretation in Singapore: Theory and Practice

Towards a Borgean Theory of Constitutional Interpretation

Abstract Interpretation: Theory and Practice

Interpretation: Theory and Practice

Meaning, Theory and the Interpretation of Constitutional Grants of Power

The High Court has often interpreted grants of power by determining the essential meaning of the terms in which the grants are formulated. This approach appears to have the advantage of certainty and objectivity. However, it may make interpretation too rigid. Grants of power have certain inherent features which push the Court towards a more fl exible approach in which it exercises a choice to b...

Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Culture

Constitutional theorists and other constitutional commentators make heavy use of a paradigm that mistakes certain aspects of our current constitutional decisionmaking process for inherent parts of our constitutional structure and ignores other important aspects of that process entirely. These distortions and elisions raise concerns about the accuracy of much descriptive constitutional commentar...

Theories of Constitutional Interpretation