For decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In her groun

The traditionally top-down focus in human rights scholarship on laws, institutions, and courts has begun to turn towards a bottom-up focus on activists, advocac

A rich and gripping account of the challenges of transnational legal mobilization against an authoritarian regime engaged in state violence.

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This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be