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This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical, social, and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics, and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems, which include ethnic and religious divisions, uneven and unsustainable development, and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities, nations within the common law tradition, and federal states.

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Author:   Andrew Harding ,  Dian A. H. Shah
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367869717

ISBN 10:   0367869713
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Preface 1 The Creation of Greater Malaysia: Law, Politics, Ethnicity, and Religion Kevin Y. L. Tan 2 Malaysia’s Blocked Social Contract Debate Rueban Ratna Balasubramaniam 3 Dimensions of Ketuanan Melayu in the Malaysian Constitutional Framework Wilson T. V. Tay 4 ‘Nazrinian’ Monarchy in Malaysia: The Resilience and Revival of a Traditional Institution Andrew Harding 5 The Particular in the Universal: Negotiating the Right to Education and Cultural-Linguistic Rights of Minority Children in East Malaysia Jaclyn L. C. Neo 6 Legal Pluralism in Malaysia: The Case of Iban Native Customary Rights in Sarawak Yogeswaran Subramaniam 7 Religion, Conversions, and Custody: Battles in the Malaysian Appellate Courts Dian A. H. Shah 8 The Rise of 'Islamic' Sexual Morality and State Power in Malaysia Tan Beng Hui 9 Justice and Enforcement Agencies Personnel in Malaysia and their Views on Domestic Violence, Marriage, and Religion Noraida Endut and Intan Hashimah Mohamed Hashim 10 Political and Religious Hegemony via the Suppression of Expression: Book Banning and Film Censorship in Malaysia Azmi Sharom and Saw Tiong Guan Index

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Andrew Harding is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Dian A. H. Shah is a research fellow at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), National University of Singapore, and a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

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