The grounds of decision of Ariff Yusof J in upholding the ban on K. Arumugam's Tamil book, "March 8" regarding the violent clashes in Kampung Medan on 8th March 2001.
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Posts Tagged ‘ Federal Constitution ’
Book Ban Decision No. 2 – March 8
Assessing the Racial Composition of the Malaysian Judiciary
A critical assessment of the racial composition of the Malaysian Judiciary in relation to the Federal Constitution and societal and political environment.
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Book Ban Decision No. 1 – SIS
The grounds of decision of Ariff Yusof J in the SIS book banning case.
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Ducking at the Court of Appeal?
Amer Hamzah Arshad (with Fahri Azzat in support) continues LoyarBurok's well-taken trademark tirade against the practice of Malaysian judges who duck writing judgments on important constitutional law issues.
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The Thoughts of a Politically Awakening Citizen
A citizen of Malaysia retraces the path of her political awakening and considers the importance of the Federal Constitution to our lives
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KRISIS PERAK BUKA MINDA RAKYAT
Ini adalah artikel kedua Amer Hamzah Arshad (salah seorang LoyarBurok) dalam kolum “Paksi Kata” di akhbar Suara Keadilan yang menyentuh mengenai krisis perlembagaan negeri Perak dan kepentingan perlembagaan di dalam kehidupan seharian. Ianya juga menerangkan mengapa rakyat seharusnya menghadiri pelancaran Fasa 2 Kempen PerlembagaanKu “Institusi Perlembagaan & Pemisahan Kuasa” pada Januari 15, 2010 di...
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Criminalizing Liberty (Third Segment)
An examination of the constitutional validity of Section 54 of Enakmen Kesalahan Syariah (Negeri Melaka) 1991.
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Criminalizing Liberty (Second Segment)
Criminalizing Liberty: Segment II of this article highlights the legislative powers between the Federal Legislature and the State Legislatures as well as the legal source of the relevant issues and certain policy considerations.
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Criminalizing Liberty (First Segment)
Criminalizing Liberty: The first segment (I) shall deal with the distribution of legislative powers between the Federal Legislature and the State Legislatures in Malaysia. The second (II) will consider the legal source of the issue at hand while briefly touching on certain policy considerations. The third (III) will look into the constitutional aspects of...
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Open Note to the ConstiLC re: the MyConstitution Campaign
Dear ConstiLC
I totally believe in, and support, the MyConstitution Campaign.
One of the most shocking things I learnt doing the Article 11 Campaign is the lack of awareness among lawyers (not just the public) about the Federal Constitution. It would be interesting to do a general poll amongst lawyers:
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