Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.
Contents
1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Defending Dialogue 7 -- I Legislative Supremacy and its Critics 8 -- II Judicial Supremacy and its Critics 16 -- III Dialogic Judicial Review and its Critics 22 -- IV Conclusion 27 -- 3 Overview of the Constitutional Systems 31 -- I Hong Kong 31 -- II Malaysia 40 -- III Singapore 48 -- 4 Judicial Crises 57 -- I Judicial Crisis in Hong Kong 58 -- II Judicial Crisis in Malaysia 66 -- III Judicial Crisis in Singapore 73 -- IV Conclusion 77 -- 5 Dialogue and Sub-Constitutional Doctrines 79 -- I Sub-Constitutionalism and its Discontents 80 -- II Sub-Constitutional Doctrines in Common Law Asia 86 -- III Conclusion 103 -- 6 Freedom of Expression 107 -- I Defamation 110 -- II Contempt by Scandalizing the Judiciary 122 -- III Regulatory Restrictions on Public Assemblies 128 -- IV Conclusion 135 -- 7 Freedom of Religion 139 -- I Overview of the Three Models of Religious Liberty 141 -- II Evaluating the Three Models 144 -- III Dialogic Tools to Implementing the Balancing Model of Religious Freedom 152 -- IV Conclusion 158 -- 8 Right to Equality 161 -- I Overview of the Four Models of Equality 163 -- II Evaluating the Four Models 169 -- III Justifying Equality Infringements 180 -- IV Conclusion 192 -- 9 Right to Due Process 195 -- I Overview of the Four Models of Due Process 197 -- II Evaluating the Four Models 204 -- III Dialogic Tools to Implementing Substantive Due Process 213 -- IV Conclusion 220 -- 10 Conclusion 223.