For those of you practicing in Singapore this abstract may be worth a quick look
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2042470
Reforming the Right to Legal Counsel in Singapore
Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
School of Law, Singapore Management University
April 19, 2012
Singapore Management University Opinion Series No. 2/2012
Abstract:
This is an opinion prepared for the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of Singapore on an arrested person?s right to legal counsel in Singapore. Specifically, it deals with the following: (1) it summarizes pertinent aspects of the law relating to the right to legal counsel in Singapore; (2) it surveys a number of ASEAN and Commonwealth jurisdictions to determine how long after apprehension the right to counsel is generally accorded to arrested persons, and compares the legal position in these jurisdictions to the situation in Singapore; and (3) it examines two rights ancillary to the right to legal counsel, namely, the right to be informed of the right to counsel, and the right to inform third parties such as family or friends of one?s arrest.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 27
Keywords: Constitutional law, criminal procedure, human rights law, right to counsel, Singapore
JEL Classifications: K14, K19
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Date posted: April 19, 2012
Suggested Citation
Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta, Reforming the Right to Legal Counsel in Singapore (April 19, 2012). Singapore Management University Opinion Series No. 2/2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2042470
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