CURRICULUM VITAE
KEVIN TAN YEW LEE
PERSONAL
SURNAME:
Tan
FIRST NAME:
Kevin
OTHER NAMES:
Yew Lee
DATE OF BIRTH:
29 Aug 1961
ETHNICITY:
Chinese
NATIONALITY:
Singaporean
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
SPOUSE’S NAME:
Tan Meng Lang (b 1961)
SPOUSE’S OCCUPATION:
Homemaker
CHILDREN:
Tan Ching Ling, Krystal (b 1991)
Tan Ching Li, Kimberley (b 1994)
HOME ADDRESS:
326 Tampines Street 32 #03-390
Singapore 520326
Republic of Singapore
TEL NO:
65-6789-9757
FAX NO:
65-6789-9746
EMAIL:
kevin@equilibrium.com.sg
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
Director & Principal Consultant
COMPANY:
Equilibrium Consulting Pte Ltd
c/o 326 Tampines Street 32 #03-390
Singapore 520326
MOBILE NO:
65-9696-2126
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EDUCATION
Degree
Institution
Year
Bachelor of Laws LLB (Hons) 2nd Class Upper
Division
National University
of Singapore
1986
Master of Laws (LLM)
Yale Law School
1988
Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) [first
Singaporean to earn a JSD from Yale Law School]
Yale Law School
1995
CAREER
1986 (Apr – June)
Pupil, Shook Lin & Bok
1986–1988
Senior Tutor, Law Faculty, National University of Singapore
1988–1994
Lecturer, Law Faculty, National University of Singapore
1994–1998
Senior Lecturer, Law Faculty, National University of
Singapore
1998–2000
Associate Professor, Law Faculty, National University of
Singapore
2000–2002
Consultant, Tecity Management Pte Ltd
2000 to date
Director, Equilibrium Consulting Pte Ltd
2001–2002; 2003–
2004; 2006 to date
Part-time Lecturer, School of Communications, Nanyang
Technological University
2003-2004
Adjunct Associate Professor, Law Faculty, National University
of Singapore
2007–2009
Adjunct Associate Professor, S Rajaratnam School of
International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
2008 to date
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of
Singapore
2009 to date
Adjunct Professor, S Rajaratnam School of International
Studies, Nanyang Technological University
MISCELLANEOUS APPOINTMENTS
1986-2000
Part-time Lecturer, Singapore Accountancy Academy
1988-2000
Occasional Lecturer, Civil Service College
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1988-2002
Occasional Lecturer, Institute of Policy Development
1988 to date
Academic referee for the University of Malaya, and University
of Hong Kong
Various
External examiner, University of Malaya
Academic referee for Routledge Press, Singapore University
Press, Allen & Unwin, Cambridge University Press and various
journals.
2000-2002
Project Director and General Editor, Encyclopedia of
Singapore Biography project. The project was jettisoned when
the benefactors suddenly withdrew all funding.
2004-2006
External examiner, PhD candidate, School of Communications
and Information, Nanyang Technological University
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE
APPOINTMENTS
1986-1991
Member, Dean’s Teaching Methodology Committee
1988-1992
Member, Dean’s Committee on the Legal Database (CAESAR)
1989-1990
Co-ordinator, Dean’s Committee on the Legal Database (CAESAR)
1989
Coach, NUS Australasian Moot Competition Team (Champions)
1991 – 1992
Member, Dean’s Renovation Sub-Committee
1994 –2000
Member, Dean’s Committee on Office Automation and Equipment
1995 – 1998
Faculty Representative to the University Multi-Disciplinary Research
Committee
1995 – 1999
Alternate Member, Task Force for University Research
1996 – 1999
Member, Faculty’s Strategic Planning Committee
1996 – 2000
Member, Faculty Publicity Committee
1996 – 2000
Member, Centre for Advanced Legal Studies Building Committee
1992-1994
Co-ordinator, Public Law Course
1993-1994
Co-ordinator, Law & Society Course
1995 – 2000
Co-ordinator, Public Law Course
1995 – 2000
Co-ordinator, Law & Society Course
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1996 – 2000
Co-ordinator, Law, the Individual and the Community: A Cross
Cultural Perspective (Global Classroom)
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Singapore Law Review
1982-1984
Secretary
1985
Chief Editor
1988-89; 1991 to date
Member, Advisory Board
Malaya Law Review
1985-1986
Assistant Singapore and International Law Editor
Assistant Book Review Editor
Yale Journal Of International Law
1987-1988
Senior Editor
Singapore Journal of International And Comparative Law
1995-1998
Member, Editorial Board
1998-2000
Chief Editor
2000-2003
Adjunct Editor
Asian Yearbook of International Law
2012 to date
Editor-in-Chief
Korean Journal of International & Comparative Law
2012 to date
Member, Editorial Board
PUBLIC SERVICE (PROFESSIONALLY RELATED)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
1997 to 1998
Council Member
United Nations Association of Singapore
1994-1995
Member, Research Committee
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Society for International Law, Singapore
1995 to date
Member
1996-1997
Secretary, Executive Committee
1998-2003
Executive Director
Foundation for The Development Of International Law in Asia (DILA)
1997 to 2000
Singapore Representative
2000 to 2006
Member, Governing Board
2006 to 2011
Chairman, Governing Board
2012 to date
Immediate Past Chairman & Member, Governing Board
Human Rights Resource Centre for ASEAN (HRRCA)
2010
Governing Board Member
Singapore Academy of Law
1999 to 2012
Member, Legal Heritage Committee
PUBLIC SERVICE (GOVERNMENT & QUASI-GOVERNMENT)
Programme Advisory Committee, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
1991 to 1994
Member
National Youth Achievement Award Council
1998 to date
Member
Preservation of Monuments Board
1998 to 2003
Board Member
2000 to 2003
Deputy Chairman, Research and Publicity Committee
National Archives of Singapore
2000 to 2006
Member, Declassification Committee
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PUBLIC SERVICE (YOUTH RELATED)
Singapore Red Cross Society
1999-2001
Council Member
Singapore Scout Association
1970-1973
Farrer Primary School 2213 Cadet Scout Unit, District
Commissioner’s Award (1972), Assistant Sixer (1972), Sixer (1973)
1974-1976
2102 Raffles Scout Group, obtained Advanced Scout Standard
(1976), Appointed Assistant Patrol Leader (1976)
1977-1979
2102 Raffles Scout Group Venture Unit, awarded President’s Scout
Award (1979), Appointed Training Team Member (1978)
1982-1986
Assistant Venture Scout Leader, 2102 Raffles Scout Group
1984-1988
Cadet Leader Trainer, National Training Team
1987-1988
Group Scout Leader, 2102 Raffles Scout Group
1990-1991
Auxillary Scout Leader
1992-1995
National Programme Commissioner
1992-1995
Vice-Chairman, World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Region
Programme Sub-Committee
1996 to 2004
Auxiliary Scout Leader
PUBLIC SERVICE (SOCIAL)
Singapore Heritage Society
2001 to 2011
President
2012 to date
Ex-Officio Member, Executive Committee
The Roundtable, Singapore
1995 to 1996
Member
1996 to 1998
Treasurer
1999 to 2001
President
2001 to 2003
Treasurer
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Yale Club (Singapore)
1992
Founder Member & Auditor
1993
Treasurer
1994
Member at Large
1995-1997
Activity Chairperson
ICOMOS Singapore Ltd
2013 to date
President
PUBLICATIONS
Books/Monographs – Legal
1. Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore (Singapore: Malayan Law
Journal, 1991) (with Yeo Tiong Min & Lee Kiat Seng)
2. Tan, Yeo & Lee’s Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore 2 ed
(Singapore: Butterworths Asia, 1997) (with Thio Li-ann).
3. Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore, 3 ed (Singapore: LexisNexis,
2010) (with Thio Li-ann)
4. The Legal Framework (Singapore) 5 editions (Singapore: Singapore
Accountancy Academy, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000)
5. Corporate and Business Law, 4 editions (Singapore: Singapore Accountancy
Academy, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
6. The Singapore Legal System, 2nd Edition (Singapore: Singapore University
Press, 1999)
7. Change and Continuity: 40 Years of the NUS Law Faculty (Singapore: Law
Faculty, NUS, 1999)
8. Essays in Legal History (Singapore: Singapore Academy of Law & MarshallCavendish Academic, 2004)
9. An Introduction to Singapore’s Constitution 3 editions (Singapore: Talisman,
2005, 2011, 2014)
10. Scales of Gold: 50 Years of Legal Education at the NUS Faculty of Law
(Singapore: Law Faculty, NUS, 2007)
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11. Evolution of a Revolution: 40 Years of the Singapore Constitution (with Thio
Li-ann) (London: Routledge-Curzon, 2009)
12. Marshall of Singapore: A Biography (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies, 2009)
13. Encounters with Singapore Legal History: Essays in Memory of Geoffrey
Wilson Bartholomew (Singapore: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2009)
14. An Introduction to Singapore’s Constitution, Rev ed (Singapore: Talisman,
2011).
15. Singapore and International Law: The Early Years (Singapore: Centre for
International Law, National University of Singapore, 2011).
16. Singapore in International Encyclopaedia of Constitutional Law (Netherlands:
Wolter Kluwer, 2011) [available separately as a monograph: Constitutional
Law in Singapore].
17. Wee Swee Teow & Company: A Centenary Legacy (Singapore: Wee Swee
Teow & Co, 2012).
18. Asian Approaches to International Law & the Legacy of Colonialism: The
Law of the Sea, Territorial Disputes & International Dispute Settlement
(London: Routledge, 2012) [with Paik Jin-Hyun & Lee Seok-woo]
19. Constitutionalism in Asia: Cases and Materials (with Wen-chen Chang, Liann Thio and Jiunn-rong Yeh (Oxford: Hart, 2014)
20. Constitutions in Context: Singapore (Oxford: Hart, forthcoming)
Books/Monographs – Non-Legal
1. Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency (London:
Routledge Books, 1997)(with Lam Peng Er)
2. Lee’s Lieutenants: Singapore’s Old Guard (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1999)
(with Lam Peng Er)
3. Scouting in Singapore 1910–2000 (Singapore: Singapore Scout Association,
2002) (with Wan Meng Hao)
4. Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys: Malaysia-Singapore Edition
(Singapore: Brownsea, 2004)
5. Labour Conquers All: 100 Years of Outram Secondary School (Singapore:
Editions Ketano, 2006)
6. The Book of Singapore’s Firsts (with Kay Gillis) (Singapore: Singapore
Heritage Society, 2006)
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7. The Temple and the Tree: Singapore’s Jin Long Si (Singapore: Jin Long Si
Temple, 2007)
8. Singapore’s Monuments & Landmarks: A Philatelic Ramble (Singapore:
Preservation of Monuments Board, Singapore Heritage Society & Singapore
Philatelic Museum, 2007) (with Tan Wee Kiat & Edmund WK Lim)
9. Spaces for the Dead: A Case from the Living (Singapore: Singapore Heritage
Society & Ethos Books, 2011).
10. Voting In Change: Politics of Singapore’s 2011 General Election (Singapore:
Ethos Books, 2011) (with Terence Lee).
11. Raffles’ Letters: Intrigues Behind the Founding of Singapore (Singapore:
National Library Board, 2013) [with Lim Chen Sian] 88 pp.
12. Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail (Singapore: National Heritage Board, 2013) 60
pp.
13. The Old Parliament House: The Creative Art of Survival 2004–2014
(Singapore: Straits Times Press, 2014)
Chapters in Books
1. A Short Legal and Constitutional History of Singapore’ in The Singapore
Legal System (Walter Woon ed) (Longmans, 1989) pp 1-33.
2. ‘Parliament and the Making of Law in Singapore’ in The Singapore Legal
System (Walter Woon ed) (Longmans, 1989) pp 37-66.
3. ‘Settling Into the Foundations: Development of Singapore’s Constitutional
System 1965-1985’ (with Philip N Pillai) in Management of Success: The
Moulding of Modern Singapore (KS Sandhu and Paul Wheatley eds) (ISEAS,
1989) pp 647-668.
4. ‘Singapore’ in Heads of State: A Comparative Perspective (Cheryl Saunders
ed) (Constitutional Centenary Foundation Inc, 1993) pp 51-58.
5. ‘The Presidential Executive System in Singapore: Problems and Prospects’ in
The Powers and Functions of Executive Government: Studies from the Asia
Pacific Region (Graham Hassell & Cheryl Saunders eds) (Centre for
Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne, 1994) pp
37-53.
6. ‘Singapore Country Report 1993’ in Asia-Pacific Constitutional Law
Yearbook (Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of
Melboure, 1995) (with Thio Li-ann).
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7. ‘Singapore Country Report 1994’ in Asia-Pacific Constitutional Law
Yearbook (Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of
Melboure, 1996) (with Thio Li-ann).
8. ‘The Presidency in Singapore: Constitutional Developments’ in Kevin YL Tan
& Lam Peng Er (eds), Managing Political Change: The Elected Presidency
(London: Routledge, 1997) 51–87.
9. ‘Republic of Singapore’ in Gisbert H Flanz ed, Constitutions of the Countries
of the World (New York: Oceana Publications, 1997)
10. ‘Economic Development and the Prospects for Constitutionalism’ in Law,
Social Sciences And Public Policy: Towards A Unified Framework Anthony
Chin & Alfred Choi eds (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1998), pp
187-206.
11. ‘Economic Development and Human Rights in East Asia: Legal Reforms in
Singapore and Taiwan’ in The East Asian Challenge For Human Rights,
Joanne Bauer & Daniel A Bell eds (Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp
264-284.
12. ‘A Short Legal and Constitutional History of Singapore’ in The Singapore
Legal System (Kevin Tan ed) (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1999),
pp 26-66.
13. ‘Parliament and the Making of Law in Singapore’ in The Singapore Legal
System (Kevin Tan ed) (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1999) pp 123159.
14. ‘History of the NUS Law Faculty’ in Change and Continuity: Forty Years of
the NUS Law Faculty, Kevin YL Tan ed (Singapore: NUS Faculty of Law,
1999), pp 7-60.
15. ‘Fifty years of the UDHR: A Singaporean Reflects’ in Tan Ngoh Tiong &
Kripa Sridharan eds, Human Rights Perspectives (Singapore United Nations
Association of Singapore, 1999) at pp 118-140.
16. ‘Recent Developments in the Law and Practice of Preventive Detention’ in
Wu Min Aun ed, Public Law in Contemporary Malaysia (Petaling Jaya:
Longman, 1999) at pp 293-315.
17. ‘Understanding and Harnessing Ground Energies in Civil Society’ in Gillian
Koh & Ooi Giok-Ling, State-Society Relations in Singapore (Singapore:
Institute of Policy Studies & Oxford University Press, 2000) at pp 98-105.
18. ‘Malaysia’ in Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann eds,
Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook Vol II (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2002) pp 143-183.
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19. ‘The Legal and Institutional Framework and Issues of Multiculturalism in
Singapore’ in Lai Ah Eng ed, Beyond Rituals and Riots: Ethnic Pluralism and
Social Cohesion in Singapore (Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2004)
pp 98-113.
20. ‘Essays in Legal History: An Introduction’ in Kevin YL Tan ed, Essays in
Legal History (Singapore: Singapore Academy of Law & Marshall-Cavendish
Academic, 2005), pp 1-6.
21. ‘History of Law Reporting’ in Kevin YL Tan ed, Essays in Legal History
(Singapore: Singapore Academy of Law & Marshall-Cavendish Academic,
2005) (with GW Bartholomew), pp 139-160.
22. ‘A Short Legal and Constitutional History’ in Kevin YL Tan ed, Essays in
Legal History (Singapore: Singapore Academy of Law & Marshall-Cavendish
Academic, 2005), pp 27-72.
23. ‘Public Law Implications of Human Genetic Information’ in Terry Kaan &
Edison T Liu eds, Life Sciences: Law and Ethics (Singapore: Singapore
Academy of Law & Bioethics Advisory Committee, 2006), pp 125-143.
24. ‘In and Out of Malaysia’ in Andrew Harding & HP Lee eds, Landmarks in
Malaysian Constitutional Law: The First 50 Years (Kuala Lumpur:
LexisNexis, 2007), pp 55-76.
25. ‘State and Institution Building Through the Singapore Constitution’ in Li-ann
Thio & Kevin YL Tan eds, Evolution of a Revolution: Forty Years of the
Singapore Constitution (London: Routledge-Curzon, 2009), pp 50-78.
26. ‘Writing the Constitution: Forty Years of Singapore Constitutional
Scholarship’ in Li-ann Thio & Kevin YL Tan eds, Evolution of a Revolution:
Forty Years of the Singapore Constitution (London: Routledge-Curzon, 2009),
pp 288-322.
27. ‘An Encounter with Legal History: Geoffrey Wilson Bartholomew (19272005)’ in Kevin YL Tan ed, Encounters with Singapore Legal History: Essays
in Memory of Geoffrey Wilson Bartholomew (Singapore: Singapore Journal of
Legal Studies, 2009) pp. 3-25.
28. ‘Challenges in Writing Singapore’s Legal History’ in Kevin YL Tan ed,
Encounters with Singapore Legal History: Essays in Memory of Geoffrey
Wilson Bartholomew (Singapore: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2009)
pp. 29-63.
29. ‘Lawyers in Singapore Politics: 1945-1990’ Kevin YL Tan ed, Encounters
with Singapore Legal History: Essays in Memory of Geoffrey Wilson
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Bartholomew (Singapore: Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2009) pp. 531585.
30. ‘From Myanmar to Manila: A Brief Study of Emergency Powers in Southeast
Asia’ in Victor Ramraj and Arun Thiruvengadam, Emergency Powers in Asia:
Exploring the Limits of Legality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2010) 148–186.
31. ‘Secularism and the Constitution: Striking the Right Balance’ in Michael
Siam-Heng Heng & CL Ten (eds), State and Secularism: Perspectives from
Asia (Singapore: World Scientific, 2010) 137–154.
32. ‘Singapore: A Statist Legal Laboratory’ in Ann Black & Gary Bell (eds), Law
and Legal Systems of Asia (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2011)
330–371.
33. ‘International Law, History and Policy: Singapore in the Early Years’ in
Kevin YL Tan (ed), Singapore and International Law: The Early Years –
Essays in Memory of S Tiwari (Singapore: Centre for International Law,
National University of Singapore, 2011) 1–71.
34. ‘Legal and Constitutional Issues’ in Kevin YL Tan & Terence Lee (eds),
Voting In Change: Politics of Singapore’s 2011 General Election (Singapore:
Ethos Books, 2011) 49–65.
35. ‘Political Shift’ (with Terence Lee) in Kevin YL Tan & Terence Lee (eds),
Voting In Change: Politics of Singapore’s 2011 General Election (Singapore:
Ethos Books, 2011) 9–25.
36. ‘The Role of History in International Territorial Dispute Settlement: The
Pedra Branca Case (Singapore v Malaysia)’ in Jin-Hyun Paik, Seok-woo Lee
& Kevin YL Tan (eds), Asian Approaches to International Law and the
Legacy of Colonialism: The Law of the Sea, Territorial Disputes and
International Dispute Settlement (London: Routledge, 2012) 64–80.
37. ‘International Law in the Courts of the Straits Settlements’ (2010) 16 Asian
Yearbook of International Law 65–86.
38. ‘Defaming Politicians, Scandalising the Courts: A Look at Recent
Developments in Singapore’ in Andrew T Kenyon, Tim Marjoribanks &
Amandan Whiting (eds), Democracy, Media and Law in Malaysia and
Singapore (London: Routledge, 2014) 105–128.
39. ‘Constitutionalism in Burma, Cambodia and Thailand: Developments in the
First Decade of the 21st Century’ in Albert CY Chen (ed), Constitutionalism in
Asian in the Early Years of the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, forthcoming).
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Chapter in Book (Edited)
1. ‘Constitutional Law’ in Mallal’s Digest of Malaysian and Singapore Case
Law 1808-1988, Vol 3, pp 107-225 (Kevin Tan, specialist editor) (Malayan
Law Journal, 1991).
2. ‘International Law’ in Mallal’s Digest of Malaysian and Singapore Case Law
1808-1988, Vol 8, pp 59-83 (Kevin Tan, specialist editor) (Malayan Law
Journal, 1992).
Articles (Refereed)
1. ‘The Evolution of Singapore’s Modern Constitution: Developments from 1945
to Date’ (1989) 1 Singapore Academy of Law Journal, pp 1-28.
2. ‘The Elected Presidency in Singapore: Constitution of the Republic of
Singapore (Amendment) Act 1991’ [1991] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
pp 179-194.
3. ‘The Constitutional Implications of Singapore’s 1991 General Elections’
(1992) 13 Singapore Law Review pp 25-59.
4. ‘Ten Years of the Singapore Law Review: Reflections of A Past Chief Editor’
(1993) 14 Singapore Law Review pp 24-47.
5. ‘Human Rights in East Asia: Developments in Legal Reform in Singapore,
Taiwan and the PRC’ (translated into Korean) (1996) Winter Sasang 230-245
(Korean intellectual magazine published by the Seoul National University).
6. ‘Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Singapore
Reflection’ (1999) 20 Singapore Law Review 239-280.
7. ‘The SILS-DILA Conference on “Teaching and Researching International
Law in Asia”: Report and Reflections’ (2001) 5 Singapore Journal of
International & Comparative Law 441-484.
8. ‘The Making and Remaking of Constitutions in Southeast Asia: An Overview’
(2002) 6 Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law 1-41.
9. ‘The Role of Public Law in a Developing Asia’ [2004] Singapore Journal of
Legal Studies 265–286.
10. Entries for ‘Singapore’, ‘Malaysia’ and ‘Southeast Asia’ in the Oxford
Encyclopedia of Legal History (New York: OUP, 2010)
11. ‘Journey of a Journal: 50 Years of the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies’
[2009] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 1–24.
12. ‘Constitutionalism in Times of Economic Strife: Developments in Singapore’
(2009) 4(3) National Taiwan University Law Review 115–140.
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13. ‘History and Culture: Complexities in Studying Southeast Asian
Constitutionalism’ (2010) 5(2) National Taiwan University Law Review 187–
223.
14. ‘International Law in the Courts of the Straits Settlements’ (2010) 16 Asian
Yearbook of International Law 65–86
Articles (Non-Refereed)
1. ‘The Administration of Justice in Early Singapore 1819-1867: Some
Impressions’ (1986) Law Society’s Journal Vol 3 No 2, pp 26-31.
2. ‘The English Legal Profession: A Short Account of Its Development’ (1986)
Law Society’s Journal Vol 3 No 2, pp 8-14.
3. ‘A Short Account of the American Legal Profession’ (1986) Law Society’s
Journal Vol 3 No 4, pp 9-18.
4. ‘The Academy of Law: Into Its Second Year’ (1990) Vol 5 No 1 Law
Society’s Journal, pp 1-13.
5. ‘Computers and their Legal Impact’ (1983) 4 Singapore Law Review 9-18
(with Richard Tan Ming Kirk)
6. ‘General Defences Under the Penal Code of Singapore’ (1983) 4 Singapore
Law Review 202-219 (with R Chandra Mohan)
7. ‘Copyrightability of Books and Tapes in Singapore’ (1984) 5 Singapore Law
Review 14-26
8. ‘The Family, Social Policy and the Law in Singapore’ (1985) 6 Singapore
Law Review 2-11
9. ‘Economic Development and the Changing Role of Lawyers: A Comparative
Study of Singapore, Japan and the People’s Republic of Singapore’ (1986) 7
Singapore Law Review 68-90
10. ‘Is Singapore’s Electoral System In Need of Reform’ (1997) 14 Commentary
109-117.
11. ‘Globalization and Legal Theory’ (2002) 18 Commentary 29-38.
Non-Legal Publications
1. ‘Lions of the Lion City’ Heritage Asia, Apri-June 2009 50–56.
2. ‘The National Museum as Maker and Keeper of Singapore History’ in Loh
Kah Seng & Liew Kai Khiun (eds), Makers and Keepers of Singapore
History (Singapore: Ethos Books & Singapore Heritage Society, 2010) 122–
136’
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3. ‘Goh Keng Swee in Politics and Parliament’ in Emrys Chew & Chong Guan
Kwa (eds), Goh Keng Swee: A Legacy of Public Service (Singapore: World
Scientific, 2012) 73–90.
4. ‘The 1951 Asian Games’ Asia360, 25 Nov 2011
5. ‘Death of Two Dragon Kings’ Asia360, 30 Mar 2012
6. ‘The Marianne of Myanmar’ Asia360, 2 Mar 2012.
7. ‘The Bataan Death March’ Asia360, 4 Apr 2012
8. ‘Temple Headache’ Asia360, 8 Jun 2012.
9. ‘The Roots of China’s Dominance in Badminton’ Asia360, 6 Jul 2012.
10. ‘The 1940 Tokyo Games’ Asia360, 20 Jul 2012.
Miscellaneous Reports (Authored)
1. ‘Country Report for Singapore’, Non-Governmental Organisational Laws and
Regulation, prepared for International Center for Not-for-Profit Law,
Washington DC, 1996.
2. ‘Country Report for Singapore’, Judicial Independence in Asia project, Asian
Development Bank, 2002.
Miscellaneous Reports (Edited)
1. Rule of Law for Human Rights in the ASEAN Region: A Baseline Study
(Jakarta: Human Rights Research Centre, 2011) [with David Cohen].
2. Rights of Women and Children in ASEAN: A Baseline Study (Jakarta: Human
Rights Research Centre, 2013) [with David Cohen].
3. Business and Human Rights in ASEAN: A Baseline Study (Jakarta: Human
Rights Research Centre, 2013) [with Christine Kaufmann and David Cohen].
Unpublished Work
1. ‘Recognition at the United Nations: The Case of Kampuchea’ 1988.
2. ‘Protectionism and Presidential Politics: A Case Study of the Gephardt
Amendment’ 1988.
3. ‘Perceptions, Aspirations and Regulation: The Legal Profession in America’
1988.
4. ‘After Washington: The Second Revolution’ 1988.
5. ‘Privatisation and the State in Singapore’ (with Pang Eng Fong), 1994.
6. The Development of Constitutional Government in Singapore: 1945-1995.
Dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of the
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Science of Law (JSD) for the Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut,
USA, 1995.
7. ‘Roles of Private Organizations in an Active Community’ 2002.
8. Presidentialism in the Former British Colonies: Trends and Prospects
(monograph), 2004.
9. ‘Singapore Country Report on Economic Report and Legal Change in Asia
and Mexico’ presented at the International Congress on Comparative Law,
Mexico City, 4-6, 2005.
10. ‘Constitutional Courts, Human Rights, Democracy and Development in Asia’
paper presented at the VII International Conference on International Law at
the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law,
Heidelberg, 12-13 November 2009
11. ‘The Business of Heritage in Singapore: Money, Politics and Identity’, paper
delivered at the International Conference on Heritage in Asia: Converging
Forces and Conflicting Values, 8–10 January 2009, National University of
Singapore.
Work In Progress
1. Media Law and Policy in Singapore (with Ang Peng Hwa for MacMillan).
2. Singapore: An Introductory Legal History by Geoffrey Wilson Bartholomew
(as Editor).
3. Lim Chin Siong: A Political Biography (for ISEAS)
4. The Role of Law (with Phillip Dann) in the ASEAN Integration Through Law
Project, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore.
5. ‘Exciting Disaffection: The Long and Curious Life of Singapore’s Sedition
Act’
6. ‘Constitutional Evolution: The Case of Singapore’ in Michael W Dowdle and
Michael Wilkinson, Constitutionalism Beyond Liberalism
7. ‘Federation for Survival: The Case of Singapore’
8. ‘They Flog Martyrs and Send Them to the Gallows: Singapore’s Criminal
Justice System Through Western Lenses’
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Constitutional Law & Administrative Law
2. Legal History of Singapore
3. History of Singapore, Malaya & Malaysia
4. International Human Rights
5. Law & the Media
6. Legal and Social Theory
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7. World Economic Order
8. Globalisation and its Impact On Law And Business
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS ORGANISED & ATTENDED
1990
Youth NGO Consultation, UN Conference on the Rights of the Child,
representing the World Organisation of Scout Movements (WOSM)
Member of the Drafting Committee.
1994
Youth NGO Consultation, UN International Conference on Population
and Development representing the World Organisation of Scout
Movements (WOSM); Delivered paper ‘Human Rights and Population’
at plenary session; Participated as Facilitator; Co-chaired final session to
finalise the ‘Cairo Declaration’.
1995
Appointed Member of the Youth Task Force, International Planned
Parenthood Federation, London.
1995
Appointed Director of Legal Research, Singapore Academy of Law
Legal Heritage Exhibition.
2001
Organised DILA-SILS Conference Teaching and Scholarship in
International Law in Asia: Challenge and Response, 30-31 July 2001,
YWCA, Fort Canning Lodge, Singapore.
2012
Co-organised DILA-CIL Conference Role of International Law in
Promoting Cooperation and Resolving Conflicts in Asia, 8 June 2012,
NUS, Singapore.
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Curriculum Vitae: Kevin YL Tan (2013)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Award
Institution
Year
President’s Scout Award
Singapore Scout Association
1979
Baden-Powell Fellow
World Scout Foundation
1990
Meritorious Service Award
Singapore Scout Association
1992
Long Service Award
Singapore Scout Association
1997
Good Conduct Medal
Singapore Armed Forces
1992
Good Service Medal
Singapore Armed Forces
1999
Long Service Award
National University of Singapore
1997
Long Service Award
National University of Singapore
2000
Centenary Gold Medal for
Outstanding Service & Contribution
to Scouting
Singapore Scout Association
2010
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