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Article: Evidential Privilege: Sacrifice in the Search for Truth
Title | Evidential Privilege: Sacrifice in the Search for Truth |
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Issue Date | 2001 |
Publisher | National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.law.nus.edu.sg/sjls |
Citation | Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, n. 2, p. 410-432 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The decision of the High Court in PP v Knight Glenn Jeyasingam contains what is probably the most important discussion of the law of privilege in recent years. A plea negotiation privilege was brought into existence, without express statutory sanction, through the medium of 'purposive interpretation'. This article uses this decision as a springboard to discuss the two core issues in the law of privilege - the determination of whether a privilege should exist at all, and the task of marking the boundaries of an existing privilege. The meaning of 'purposive interpretation' in the context of a clash between contending and incompatible social values -the integrity of the judicial factfinding process and the value sought to be protected by the privilege - is explored. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198745 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.190 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Hor, MYM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-08T02:49:00Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-08T02:49:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, n. 2, p. 410-432 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0218-2173 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198745 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The decision of the High Court in PP v Knight Glenn Jeyasingam contains what is probably the most important discussion of the law of privilege in recent years. A plea negotiation privilege was brought into existence, without express statutory sanction, through the medium of 'purposive interpretation'. This article uses this decision as a springboard to discuss the two core issues in the law of privilege - the determination of whether a privilege should exist at all, and the task of marking the boundaries of an existing privilege. The meaning of 'purposive interpretation' in the context of a clash between contending and incompatible social values -the integrity of the judicial factfinding process and the value sought to be protected by the privilege - is explored. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.law.nus.edu.sg/sjls | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Singapore Journal of Legal Studies | - |
dc.title | Evidential Privilege: Sacrifice in the Search for Truth | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Hor, MYM: mhor@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 410 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 432 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Singapore | - |
dc.identifier.ssrn | 440161 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0218-2173 | - |