Reflecting On The Law
GE13: Relooking ideals of democracy
The workings of electoral democracy face many challenges that separate the democracy’s virtues from the sordid realities that need to be admitted and rectified.
Royal role in appointing the PM
IN the aftermath of a general election, the most critical and possibly controversial issue is the appointment of the Prime Minister. The Constitution provides three guidelines:
Legal issues on GE13
DEBATE about the date of the impending general election continues to generate interesting issues of constitutional law.
Poser over local government elections
IN all countries with a federal-state division of powers, it is quite common for jurisdictional disputes to flare up now and then between the centre and the states. Such conflicts have been rare in Malaysia. However, over the last decade and especially since 2008, many tensions have surfaced.
Integrity in academia
MEMBERSHIP of the academia carries with it special responsibilities towards students, colleagues, the university, the community of which the university is a part and the scholar’s own conscience.
Emergency powers of the monarch
A caretaker government’s advice on emergency proclamation is not binding on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Royal powers after dissolution
UNDERSTANDING the constitutional provisions and conventional wisdom of how the monarch can be thrust into the limelight and have an influence in the course of the nation’s history.
The enforcement of morality
The 10-year-old law under which the summonses were issued to salon owners for defying the ban on gender segregation in Kota Baru is not a Syariah Enactment but a municipal by-law.
Law and the language
Lawyers and lecturers of language and literature have much in common. Both are word merchants.
Powering Malaysia’s ivory towers
IT is time we look at how our universities can be true to their noble calling as a mirror of humanity’s great heritage rather than be in danger of choosing show over substance.
Arshad — A legacy remembered
Tan Sri Arshad Ayub, a giant in the educational reform of the nation, remains an icon who charted a historic odyssey.
Debates rage on many fronts
There are some law issues being argued of late like secular state, parliamentary committee and death penalty.
Free speech fanaticism
Different countries may define blasphemy differently but some common elements must be there. There must be a clear intention to wound religious feelings, a likelihood of breach of public order, and an element of religious insult or vilification.
Hate speech hypocrisy
Freedom per se has no value. It is what freedom is for. It is the use to which it is put. It is the sense of responsibility and restraint with which it is exercised.
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