TEO 
Wei Ren, Marcus

 
Sheridan Fellow

Member

Marcus Teo graduated from NUS in 2018, and was previously a researcher at NUS’ Centre for International Law. He specialises in constitutional law, administrative law and private international law, and his work has been published in leading journals in these fields, including the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Public Law and the Journal of Private International Law. His current work focuses on the constitutional dimensions of private international law disputes with foreign relations implications, as well as the political epistemology of substantive review in the common law.

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Contact

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

Education

LLB (NUS)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Constitutional & Administrative Law

Marcus Teo graduated from NUS in 2018, and was previously a researcher at NUS’ Centre for International Law. He specialises in constitutional law, administrative law and private international law, and his work has been published in leading journals in these fields, including the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Public Law and the Journal of Private International Law. His current work focuses on the constitutional dimensions of private international law disputes with foreign relations implications, as well as the political epistemology of substantive review in the common law.

Marcus teaches Constitutional & Administrative Law, Private International Law and Singapore Law in Context. Marcus is also an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and provides advice in public law and private international law cases.

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
  • Political Epistemology