Scholars have generally assumed that authoritarianism and rule of law are mutually
incompatible. Convinced that free markets and rule of law must tip authoritarian societies in …

This article analyses the practice of state-operated fact-checking websites in Malaysia,
Singapore, and Thailand. It is the first empirical study of governmental news corrections in …

Anthony Woodiwiss's pathbreaking book was the first substantive contribution to a sociology
of human rights. In it, he takes up the question of whether so-called Asian values are …

This article seeks to analyze three types of religious freedom as stipulated by the Malaysian
Constitution; freedom to profess, freedom to practice and freedom to disseminate one's …

The historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize
'religion-state'relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore …

At the present time about 30 per cent of the world's population (1.7 billion people) who live in
the 54 states comprising the Commonwealth live under constitutional arrangements which …

Discussion of this article will focus on the provisions contained in the Federal Constitution of
Malaysia associated with Islam as the federal religion, freedom of religion, permission to use …

Although there has been a great deal of publicity surrounding the restriction of free speech
with regard to opposition parties in Singapore, in real terms, the value of free speech for …

News media in Malaysia and Singapore are often said to be constrained in covering political
and public issues, in comparison with plural democratic states such as Australia. However …

This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular
states: the'legitimacy gap'left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy …