A FIRST LOOK AT THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM 

PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; LIST OF FIGURES ; TABLE OF CASES ; TABLE OF STATUTES ; ABBREVIATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION ; 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIA AND ITS LEGAL SYSTEM ; 1.1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.2 MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALAYSIAN LAW ; 2.1 POLITICAL HISTORY ; 2.2 DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW BEFORE THE BRITISH ERA ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; PART TWO: SOURCES OF MALAYSIAN LAW ; 3. THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ; 3.1 MEANING OF THE TERM 'CONSTITUTION' ; 3.2 MALAYSIAN CONSTITUTIONS ; 3.3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ; 3.4 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ; 3.5 TRENDS IN CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION ; 3.6 MODES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 4. LEGISLATION ; 4.1 DEFINITION OF LEGISLATION ; 4.2 LEGISLATION IN FORCE IN MALAYSIA ; 4.3 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ; 4.4 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION ; 4.5 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 5. JUDICIAL DECISIONS ; 5.1 DOCTRINE OF STARE DECISIS ; 5.2 OPERATION OF THE DOCTRINE IN MALAYSIA ; 5.3 DECISIONS FROM OTHER COMMON LAW COUNTRIES ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 6. ENGLISH LAW ; 6.1 DEFINITION OF ENGLISH LAW ; 6.2 RECEPTION OF ENGLISH LAW IN MALAYSIA ; 6.3 APPLICATION OF ENGLISH LAW IN FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA ; 6.4 TOWARDS A MALAYSIAN COMMON LAW ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 7. ISLAMIC LAW ; 7.1 DEFINITION OF SYARIAH AND ISLAMIC LAW ; 7.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ISLAMIC LAW IN MALAYSIA ; 7.3 ISLAM AND ISLAMIC LAW IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ; 7.4 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC LAW ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 8. CUSTOMARY LAW ; 8.1 DEFINITION OF CUSTOMARY LAW ; 8.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE CUSTOMARY LAWS IN MALAYSIA ; 8.3 PRESERVATION OF CUSTOMARY LAWS DURING THE COLONIAL ERA ; 8.4 SOME PROBLEMS POSED BY CUSTOMARY LAWS ; 8.5 RELEVANCE OF CUSTOMARY LAWS TODAY ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; PART THREE: INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONNEL OF THE LAW ; 9. FEDERAL COURTS ; 9.1 INTRODUCTION ; 9.2 COURTS OF GENERAL JURISDICTION ; 9.3 COURTS OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 10. STATE COURTS ; 10.1 SYARIAH COURTS ; 10.2 NATIVE COURTS ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 11. JUDGES AND THE JUDICIAL SERVICE ; 11.1 JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS ; 11.2 JUDICIAL OFFICERS OF THE SUBORDINATE COURTS ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 12. THE LEGAL SERVICE ; 12.1 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ; 12.2 THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND OTHER LEGAL OFFICERS ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 13. THE LEGAL PROFESSION ; 13.1 MEANING OF THE TERM 'LEGAL PROFESSION' ; 13.2 INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN MALAYSIA ; 13.3 ADMISSION INTO THE LEGAL ADMISSION ; 13.4 SELF-REGULATION OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; PART FOUR: TRIAL PROCESS AND LEGAL AID ; CHAPTER 14 THE CIVIL PROCESS ; 14.1 INTRODUCTION ; 14.2 CIVIL PROCEDURE IN THE HIGH COURT ; 14.3 PRE-TRIAL ; 14.4 TRIAL ; 14.5 POST-TRIAL ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 15. THE CRIMINAL PROCESS ; 15.1 INTRODUCTION ; 15.2 PRE-TRIAL ; 15.3 TRIAL IN THE HIGH COURT ; 15.4 POST-TRIAL ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; 16. LEGAL AID ; 16.1 INTRODUCTION ; 16.2 THE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED LEGAL AID SCHEME ; 16.3 THE BAR-COUNCIL-FUNDED LEGAL AID SCHEME ; QUESTIONS ; READING LIST ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

A First Look at the Malaysian Legal is a textbook to replace the current title, An Introduction to the Malaysian Legal System. This book is a textbook for undergraduate law students studying this subject. This book can also be used by business, banking, finance and economics students taking law as a subject.