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cjal-3251	Thio, Li-Ann	Beyond the Four Walls in an Age of Transnational Judicial Conversations Civil Liberties, Rights Theories, and Constitutional Adjudication in Malaysia and Singapore	2006	91	.pdf	application/pdf	40713	1942	53	This appeal to the influence of human rights law, in particular of customary law norms prohibiting the imposition of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, stands in stark contrast to an extra-judicial comment made by Singaporean Chief Justice Yong Pung How: I am not concerned with international law. 2006] COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LA W Judge Ahmad noted the influence of human rights law on the common law in quoting Judge Brennan's observations with respect to international human rights norms in Mabo: The common law does not necessarily conform to international law, but international law is a legitimate and important influence on the development of the common law, especially when international law declares the existence of universal human rights.	cache/cjal-3251.pdf	txt/cjal-3251.txt