Public Law

The Public Law Research Cluster (PLRC) is broadly concerned with constitutional and administrative law, the rule of law, public administration and governance in Singapore, Southeast and East Asia, and other parts of the world. Members of the cluster are concerned with the organisation of the state, the inter-relationship between the government, civil society, and the individual as well as the governance of public bodies exercising statutory or other powers or performing public duties.  In addition, the rights of the individual vis-à-vis the state, how law, institutions, and norms promote good governance, how political power and public law functions are legitimated, how abuses of public power are prevented or remedied form the focus of the research cluster.  Through a variety of methodologies, featuring both theory, practice and an inter-disciplinary sensitivity, the aspiration of the Cluster is to generate and disseminate research through a variety of platforms to enable stakeholders gain a broader understanding of public law, legal theory, and the latest developments in scholarly research.  Public law scholarship also provides an important pathway for greater public participation in government against the constantly evolving contemporary landscape.