Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, 2010, issued under the title Legislating illiberalism.

Law, illiberalism and the Singapore case -- Law as discourse : theoretical and definitional parameters -- Punishing bodies, securing the nation : 1966 Vandalism Act -- Policing the press : the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act -- Policing lawyers : constraining citizenship : Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1986 -- Policing religion : Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act -- Entrenching illiberalism : the 2009 Public Order Act -- Legislation, illiberalism and legitimacy.