Kevin Tan is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and specializes in Constitutional and Administrative Law, as well as in Legal History., Lam Peng Er is Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, and specializes in Japanese politics and one party dominant political systems.

'The volume makes a valuable contribution to an increased understanding of what is a complex and somewhat novel political institution, its political context and the political and economic rationale behind its implementation. ...it offers the reader a diverse range of viewpoints on this important political phenomenon. ...On the whole this is an excellent contribution to the fields of both Singapore Studies and comparative constitutional legislation. It goes a long way towards increasing our understanding of Political change in Singapore and the nature of the PAP's constitutional response to these changes.' - Mark D. Fyles, The Pacific Review - 2001

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Kevin Tan, Lam Peng Er; Chapter 2 The head of state in Singapore, Huang Jianli; Chapter 3 The presidency in Singapore, Kevin Tan; Chapter 4 The election of a president in a parliamentary system, Valentine S. Winslow; Chapter 5 The elected president and the legal control of government, Thio Li-ann; Chapter 6 Chaining the Leviathan, Tilak Doshi; Chapter 7 Singapore’s first elected presidency, Hussin Mutalib; Chapter 8 Notes from the margin, Chia Shi Teck; Chapter 9 The elected presidency, Lam Peng Er;