Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
Physical punishment is still used as a means of child discipline by Singaporean parents. Is there a difference between such use of violence and abuse of children which is punishable as a criminal offence? What does Singapore and international law say about the use of punitive force on children by parents and other adults who act in loco parentis? This article argues that there is in fact sufficient evidence that Singapore law implicitly prohibits corporal punishment of children by their parents.
Discipline
Public Law and Legal Theory
Research Areas
Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume
30
Issue
se
First Page
545
Last Page
574
ISSN
0218-2009
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
Citation
CHAN, Wing Cheong.
Corporal punishment of Children by parents: Is it discipline or violence and abuse?. (2018). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 30, (se), 545-574.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3021
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