Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1983

Abstract

A study of the cases and literature with regard to stare decisis in Singapore and Malaysia will reveal at least one salient characteristic - the propensity, primarily of the Courts, to misread statutes and twist them (whether inadvertently or otherwise) in order to justify a particular conclusion. Ironically enough, at the end of the day, similar (though not identical) conclusions could have been reached without the need to resort to any particular statutory provision. In this short article, I shall not endeavour to retrace ground already well covered by others, but will set out, in rather summary form, further reflections on the use (or abuse, rather) of statutory provisions in the context of our doctrine of precedent.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Legal History

Research Areas

Corporate, Finance and Securities Law

Publication

Singapore Law Review

Volume

4

Issue

155

First Page

155

Last Page

164

ISSN

0080-9691

Publisher

National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

Additional URL

https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/singlrev4&div=22&id=&page=

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