Law and Society in Malaysia

Pluralism, Religion and Ethnicity
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-86971-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Routledge Law in Asia

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harding, Andrew

Shah, Dian A. H.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.