Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2011
Abstract
It was not unexpected that the Singapore Court of Appeal would reaffirm the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty for certain forms of drug trafficking in Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2010] 3 S.L.R 489. ... The appellant made submissions based on Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Constitution, which respectively guarantee rights to life and personal liberty, and to equality before the law and equal protection of the law. This note examines aspects of the Article 9(1) arguments.
Keywords
Constitutionality, death penalty, drug trafficking, right to life, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Constitutional Law | Human Rights Law
Publication
Law Quarterly Review
Volume
127
First Page
192
Last Page
195
ISSN
0023-933X
Publisher
Sweet and Maxwell
Citation
LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta.
The Mandatory Death Penalty and a Sparsely Worded Constitution. (2011). Law Quarterly Review. 127, 192-195.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/985
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