Editorial
What exactly are “human rights”? The term has come under much public scrutiny after it was characterised as a way for foreign “fanatics” to impose their views unto Singapore. Is this the new form of colonialism by the West?
Notwithstanding the polemic views in this area, there is something universal about human rights. The best evidence of this is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which turns 60 this year. It arose out of a devastating world war and out of a common sentiment that if a state was left …

ANTHONY WONG
First Year NUS Law

Critique of various government policies seems to be the issue at heart in the October issue of Juris Illuminae. Several articles centred on the much-debated freedom of expression, their scope spanning across the political sphere, the artistic arena, and to the online community. There were several indiscrete hints directed at the need for huge-stepping reforms, which more or less called for the repeal of existing laws and the removal of existing regulations.
Starkly apparent among these articles however, was their failure to take into account countervailing …