MINISTER in the Prime Minis­ter’s Department (Law and Insti­tu­tional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said must be congratulated for recognising that more than 3,000 outdated laws need review.

The anti-hopping legislation can be criticised for a number of weaknesses and needs further amendment.

We must bear in mind that laws, institutions and procedures are as good as the people who administer them.

Federalism is a journey and not just a set of institutions and procedures.

If an Islamic matter is on the Federal List, the state legal authority has no power to enact the said law.

A SEJAHTERA Malaysia forum on social harmony and national unity is being held today in Kuala Lumpur and I have been asked to speak about “Understanding the Rukun Negara”.

ON Wednesday, March 13, the Education Ministry issued a directive for school canteens to remain open during Ramadan, particularly in schools that have non-Muslim students.

The law is not a changeless code but needs constant growth to cater to the felt necessities of the times.

“JUDGES rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to the pressures of the time,” said Warren E. Burger, an attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.

THE eagerly awaited press statement by the Federal Territories Pardons Board on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s petition for pardon has generated intense controversy.

IT is Christmas today and the new year is around the corner.

THE Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya and prominent law firm Chooi & Company relaunched their Constitution and Rule of Law Series last Thursday at the Auditorium Tun Mohamed Suf­fian.