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Lau, Holning. "Economic Arguments for Human Rights: The Case of Sexual Orientation Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 27, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p235972_index.html>

Lau, H. , 2008-05-27 "Economic Arguments for Human Rights: The Case of Sexual Orientation Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p235972_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: A growing body of scholarship suggests that government protection of human rights fosters economic growth. David Law, for example, argues that “as capital and skilled labor become increasingly mobile, countries will face a growing incentive to compete for both by offering attractive bundles of human and economic rights.” This scholarship is supported by recent developments among human rights advocates and government leaders. In 2007 for example, Lee Kuan Yew—Singapore’s founding father, who remains a highly influential cabinet member—recommended gradually reform the city-state’s criminalization of same-sex relationships. Lee’s reasoning was more economic than normative. He did not focus on the liberty, equality, or dignity of Singapore’s sexual orientation minorities. Rather, he seemed focused on the fact that reforming Singapore’s staid image is necessary to attract foreign investment and educated immigrants who can develop Singapore as a hub for science, technology, and financial services. In this paper, I explore the question: given the potential tension between economic and normative arguments in favor of human rights, what should be the proper role of the economic arguments? In exploring this question, I will pay particular attention to legal developments concerning sexual orientation minorities in various Asian jurisdictions.

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