Marcus 
TEO

 
Assistant Professor

Academic Fellow

Marcus specialises in the conflict of laws, public law and foreign relations law. His work has been published or is forthcoming in leading journals, including the Cambridge Law Journal, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. His current work focuses on foreign relations doctrines in the conflict of laws, as well as the theoretical foundations of the conflict of laws and administrative law.

Marcus teaches Constitutional & Administrative Law, International Commercial Litigation, and Principles of Conflict of Laws. He is a co-convenor of the Singapore Private International Law Discussion Group, the principal examiner for the Part B Conflict of Laws Course, and a consultant in public law and conflicts cases before Singapore’s courts. He holds degrees from NUS and the University of Cambridge.”

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Contact

lawtwrm@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6601-2807
FED-02-31

Education

LLM (Cambridge); LLB (NUS); Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)

 

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Constitutional & Administrative Law

Principles of Conflict of Laws

Marcus specialises in the conflict of laws, public law and foreign relations law. His work has been published or is forthcoming in leading journals, including the Cambridge Law Journal, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. His current work focuses on foreign relations doctrines in the conflict of laws, as well as the theoretical foundations of the conflict of laws and administrative law.

Marcus teaches Constitutional & Administrative Law, International Commercial Litigation, and Principles of Conflict of Laws. He is a co-convenor of the Singapore Private International Law Discussion Group, the principal examiner for the Part B Conflict of Laws Course, and a consultant in public law and conflicts cases before Singapore’s courts. He holds degrees from NUS and the University of Cambridge.”

Journal Articles
Joel Lee, Joel Leow and Marcus Teo, 'Conflict of Laws' (2023) 24 Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases

Marcus Teo, 'Refining Reasonable Classification' [2023] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

Marcus Teo and Sagi Peari, 'Justifying Concurrent Claims in Private International Law' (2023) 81 (3) The Cambridge Law Journal

Joel Lee, Joel Leow and Marcus Teo, 'Conflict Of Laws' (2022) 23 Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 267

Marcus Teo, 'Constitutional Civil–Military Dynamics in Southeast Asia' (2022) 20 (1) International Journal of Constitutional Law 237

Marcus Teo, 'Mareva Injunctions in Aid of Foreign Proceedings in Singapore' (2022) 41 (2) Civil Justice Quarterly 166

Marcus Teo, 'Proportionality as Epistemic Independence' [2022] Public Law 248

Joel Lee, Joel Leow and Marcus Teo, 'Conflict Of Laws' (2021) 22 Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review of Singapore Cases 268

Marcus Teo, 'Narrowing Foreign Affairs Non-Justiciability' (2021) 70 (2) International & Comparative Law Quarterly 505

Marcus Teo, 'A Case for Proportionality Review in Singaporean Constitutional Adjudication' [2021] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 174

Marcus Teo, 'Interpreting Frequently Amended Constitutions: Singapore’s Dual Approach' (2020) 42 Statute Law Review

Marcus Teo, 'Public Law Adjudication, International Uniformity and the Foreign Act of State Doctrine' (2020) 16 (3) Journal of Private International Law 361

Marcus Teo, ‘A Negotiation-Based Choice of Law Rule for Contract Formation’ (2021) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 427-431

Marcus Teo, ‘Foreign Law Illegality: Patel’s New Frontier?’ (2021) 80(1) Cambridge Law Journal 32-35

Marcus Teo, ‘Border Problems between Statute, Policy and Private International Law’ (2021) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 254-266

Marcus Teo and Kiu Yan Yu, ‘Burden of Proof and False Statements of Fact under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019’ (2021) 33 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 760-776

Marcus Teo, ‘The Dawn of Proportionality in Singapore’ (2020) Public Law 631-642

Marcus Teo, ‘Service out for Scandalising Contempt: An International Constitutional Jurisdiction?’ (2019) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 477-488

Marcus Teo, ‘Double Standards of Rationality’ Singapore Law Gazette (May 2019)

Marcus Teo, ‘Floating/Invalid Choice of Law Clauses in Context: Shanghai Turbo Enterprises Ltd v Liu Ming [2018] SGHC 172′ Singapore Law Blog (23 October 2018) (http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/220)

Marcus Teo, ‘The Limits of Prosecutorial Discretion’ Singapore Public Law Blog (24 October 2017) (https://singaporepubliclaw.com/2017/10/24/limits-of-prosecutorial-discretion/#more-976)

Marcus Teo, ‘Constitutional essentials: Ravi and the future of implied substantive limits on constitutional amendment in Singapore’ (case note on Ravi s/o Madasamy v Attorney-General and other matters [2017] SGHC 163), SingaporeLawWatch Commentary, Issue 1/Aug 2017 (accessible through LawNet)


  • Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • The Conflict of Laws
  • Foreign Relations Law