Open Access in the Economic Sphere but Restricted Access in the Political Sphere: The Experience of Singapore
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Guanghua Yu
Abstract
This article uses the case of Singapore to argue that the theory of open access order advocated by North and his colleagues provides one possible option only. Although their theory of open access order explains the West relatively well, it does not always apply to contemporary non-Western countries. Similar to the cases of India and Japan examined elsewhere, the case of Singapore shows that what is more important to economic and human development is the open access in the economic sphere and the interconnected institutions in the area of property rights protection and contract enforcement, financial market, rule of law, and human resource accumulation. In other words, countries without open access in the political sphere as practiced in Singapore may also be able to achieve a great deal of success in terms of economic and human development if they ensure open access in the economic sphere and devote adequate resources to establishing the necessary interconnected institutions examined in this article. Further research elsewhere on China will similarly demonstrate this insight.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- The Power of Comparative Constitutional Law Reasoning in European Criminal Law Procedure
- Open Access in the Economic Sphere but Restricted Access in the Political Sphere: The Experience of Singapore
- Notes and Essays
- Revisiting the Place of Preparatory Documents in the Interpretation of Transformative Constitutions
- Book Review
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- The Power of Comparative Constitutional Law Reasoning in European Criminal Law Procedure
- Open Access in the Economic Sphere but Restricted Access in the Political Sphere: The Experience of Singapore
- Notes and Essays
- Revisiting the Place of Preparatory Documents in the Interpretation of Transformative Constitutions
- Book Review
- Tamara Perišin Siniša Rodin: The Transformation or Reconstitution of Europe – The Critical Legal Studies Perspective on the Role of the Courts in the European Union
