Rule Of Law In Malaysia Journal

The malayan law journal is a general series of law reports providing reports of cases from the federal court the court of appeal and high courts.

Rule of law in malaysia journal. That root is hobbism an authoritarian conception of legal authority as a solution to the problem of political instability. Current developments in rule of law in domestic transnational and international contexts. In the absence of any satisfactory explanation as to the dissipation of company s monies the directors of a wound up company being the mandatory signatories of the company s bank accounts and having direct and personal knowledge of the dealings of the. Volume 1 6 cover current and landmark cases from the federal court court of appeal and the high court and volumes 7 11 cover recent high court.

We have seen its consequences only too clearly in recent years. Violations of the rule of law are the thin edge of the wedge. The rule of law volume 66 issue 1. James giggacher is an associate lecturer in the anu coral bell school of asia pacific affairs and editor of new mandala a specialist website on southeast asia s politics and societies.

In this paper i argue that there is a significant juridical root to the problem of authoritarian rule in malaysia. Wa 22ncc 364 08 2018 08 july 2020. The malayan law journal 2017 consists of 11 volumes. I show its influence by focusing on three pivotal events in malaysia s legal and political history.

In the short term the people would be spared a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety not to mention time and money if the pm and his cabinet would follow. Granted that is a debate over the long term for malaysia. Wong poh kun anor high court malaya kuala lumpur ong chee kwan jc suit no. Tetuan sulaiman taye v.

It will portray the basic functions of rule of law touching on democracy substantive elements and controlling mechanisms. It all goes to show that in malaysia there is the rule of law but most of the time there s the law that lets bn rule. Rule of law although these penalties are harsh they are arguably necessary to ensure that malaysians continue to observe the relevant measures to prevent a subsequent wave of covid 19 outbreak. The hague journal on the rule of law hjrl is a multidisciplinary journal that aims to deepen and broaden our knowledge and understanding about the rule of law.

However there have been voices of dissatisfaction especially in the online sphere since it was perceived that the authorities have not been entirely consistent with the imposition of penalties. This paper attempts to address rule of law and its particularities in the country of malaysia.