National Security and the Malaysian State: Freedom, State Power and the Constitution

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4042-4
Verlag: HART PUB

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Constitutionalism in Asia

Using Malaysia as a case study, this book examines developments to key national security laws in the last decade and critically analyses the extent to which they embody law reform aimed at strengthening the rule of law and establishing a functional and inclusive democracy.

Adopting a contextual approach that assesses these legal developments alongside the political transition and reawakening of civil society in Malaysia, the book documents how the notion of 'national security' has largely been conflated with 'regime security', and demonstrates that the new laws have in the main, failed to meet such rule of law and democratic aspirations.

Tracing this failure to underlying problems in the Federal Constitution understood within the broader socio-political context, the book provides conceptual and practical lessons about the law and practice of national security in aspiring democracies. In proposing recommendations for more effective reform, the book offers an alternative vision of freedom, state power and the constitution in Malaysia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tan, Amber

Tan, Kevin Yl

Thio, Li-Ann

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One
1. Introduction
2. Constitutional Government in Malaysia

Part Two
3. Emergency Powers and Special Powers Against Subversion and Threats to Public Order - Article 150 and Article 149 of the Federal Constitution
4. Parliament's Power to Impose Permanent Restrictions on Fundamental Rights - Article 10(2) of the Federal Constitution

Part Three
5. Anti-terrorism, Organised Crime and National Security Legislation
6. Restrictions on the Media and Other Publications
7. Restrictions on Freedom of Assembly and Association
8. From Sedition and Official Secrets to National Harmony and Freedom of Information

Part Four
9. Conclusions, Recommendations and Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Tan, Amber
Amber Tan is Assistant Lecturer at Monash University, Australia.

Amber Tan is Assistant Lecturer at Monash University, Australia.