[CALS] Stephen Brogan-Jones Day Legal Fellowship Lecture on the Rule of Law on Defensive Democracy: Assessing Taiwan’s Democratic Self-Defense Framework

Event Date

From Friday 21 Aug 2026 - 05:30 PM To Friday 21 Aug 2026 - 07:00 PM

Venue

Yale-NUS Hall, Faculty of Law, University Town

Organiser

National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

Practice Area

Government

MEC segment

Training Level

General

Public CPD Points

Event Outline

Defensive democracy, developed by Karl Loewenstein after witnessing the rise of Hitler, holds that democracies may restrict anti-democratic forces from using democratic freedoms to destroy democracy itself. Germany adopts a militant model, while the United States permits restrictions only when there is a clear and present danger. Taiwan has adopted a middle-ground approach, and debate continues over whether it should strengthen its defensive measures.

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Event Attachment

NUS-260510_EventBrochure.pdf