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• Historical background
• Executive power and the configuration of the state
• The social contract
• Parliamentary democracy in a plural society
• Territorial governance : monarchy and the state
• Territorial governance : federal, state and local government
• Human rights : a struggle over ambiguity
• The judiciary and the defence of judicial power
• Religion and the Constitution
• Conclusion

"This book should find its place in every person's library...[it is] a resource for engagement and vital critical discourse." Philip T. N. Koh, Star2 This is a much-welcome new edition of the seminal introduction to Malaysia's constitution by the leading expert in the field. Retaining its comprehensive approach, it examines constitutional governance in light of authoritarianism and continuing inter-communal strife, as well as examining the impact of colonisation on Malaysia's legal public law structure. Updated throughout to include all statutory and case law developments, it also retains its socio-political perspective. A must read for all students and scholars of Malaysian law.
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• Challenges in the implementation of Islamic law in Malaysia / Adnan Trakic and Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin
• British administration of Malay Peninsula and its impact on the status of Islamic law / Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed and Muhamad Hassan Ahmad
• The status of Islam and Islamic law in the Malaysian Federal Constitution / Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed and Muhamad Hassan Ahmad
• Islamic criminal law / Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin and Nasimah Hussin
• Islamic family law / Jazilah Mohd Saad and Adnan Trakic
• Islamic inheritance law / Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin and Salehan Yatim
• Islamic commercial law / Noor Suhaida Kasri
• Islamic evidence law / Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin and Mohd Nadzri Abd Rahman
• Transforming and globalising the shari'ah judiciary system of Malaysia / Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin -- Implementation of Islamic law in Malaysia: the way forward / Adnan Trakic and Hanifah Haydar Ali Tajuddin
• List of statutes and regulation
• List of cases

This book examines the challenges of the implementation of Islamic law in Malaysia. Malaysia is a pertinent jurisdiction to explore such challenges given its global focus, colonial history and institutions, and the intersection of the Shari'ah and secularism/multiculturalism. The resultant implementation challenges are underpinned by three factors that make Malaysia an important jurisdiction for those interested in understanding the place of Islamic law in the global context. First, Malaysia is often considered as a model Islamic country. Islamic law is a source of law in Malaysia. The Islamic law legal system in Malaysia operates in parallel with a common law legal system. The two systems of law generally are in harmony with one another. Nevertheless, occasional cross-jurisdictional issues do arise, and when they do, the Malaysian judiciary has been quite efficient in solving them. The Malaysian experience in maintaining such harmony between the two legal systems provides lessons for a number of countries facing such challenges. Second, Malaysia has a developed Shari'ah court system that interprets and applies Islamic law predominantly based on the Shafi'i school of thought. While, for the most part, the approach has been successful, there have been times when the implementation of the law has raised concerns as to the compatibility of Islamic law with modern principles of human rights and common law-based values. Third, there have been cases where Islamic law implementation in Malaysia has gained global attention due to the potential for wider international implications. To do justice to this complex area, the book calls on scholars and practitioners who have the necessary expertise in Islamic law and its implementation. As such, this book provides lessons and direction for other countries that operate a dual system of secular and Islamic laws. .
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• Conceptualising and contextualising Malaysian bilingual law
• Political and economic influences on multilingualism and multijuralism
• Status planning in Malaysian law
• Corpus planning
• Acquisition planning
• Discourse planning
• Language practices in legal education
• Bilingualism in law offices
• Bilingual courtrooms
• Common law and vernacularisation : A global perspective
• Malaysia bilingualism as a model for postcolonial law

This book discusses multilingual postcolonial common law, focusing on Malaysia's efforts to shift the language of law from English to Malay, and weighing the pros and cons of planned language shift as a solution to language-based disadvantage before the law in jurisdictions where the majority of citizens lack proficiency in the traditional legal medium. Through analysis of legislation and policy documents, interviews with lawyers, law students and law lecturers, and observations of court proceedings and law lectures, the book reflects on what is entailed in changing the language of the law. It reviews the implications of societal bilingualism for postcolonial justice systems, and raises an important question for language planners to consider: if the language of the law is changed, what else about the law changes?
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• Introduction: The phenomenon of Indian mobilisation in Malaysia
• Indians in Malaysia : a diverse and "quiet minority" in an illiberal polity
• Theorising politico-legal mobilisation of minority groups in illiberal polities : the role of the law in constituting identities and grievances
• Race : Indian identity, grievances and "rights" in colonial Malaya (1890-1956)
• The quiet minority : Indians and legal repression in an illiberal democratic Malaysia (1957-1989)
• The unquiet minority : legal mobilisation of Indians in illiberal Malaysia (1990-2018)
• Conclusion

This book analyses the mobilisation of race, rights and the law in Malaysia. It examines the Indian community in Malaysia, a quiet minority which consists of the former Indian Tamil plantation labour community and the urban Indian middle-class. The first part of the book explores the role played by British colonial laws and policies during the British colonial period in Malaya, from the 1890s to 1956, in the construction of an Indian "race" in Malaya, the racialization of labour laws and policies and labour-based mobilisation culminated in the 1940s. The second part investigates the mobilisation trends of the Indian community from 1957 (at the onset of Independent Malaya) to 2018. It shows a gradual shift in the Indian community from a "quiet minority" into a mass mobilising collective or social movement, known as the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), in 2007. The author shows that activist lawyers and Indian mobilisers played a crucial part in organizing a civil disobedience strategy of framing grievances as political rights and using the law as a site of contention in order to claim legal rights through strategic litigation. Highly interdisciplinary in nature, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers examining the role of the law and rights in areas such as sociolegal studies, law and society scholarship, law and the postcolonial, social movement studies, migration and labour studies, Asian law and Southeast Asian Studies.
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• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Note on Spelling, Terminology, and Currency
• Glossary of Frequently Used Malay Terms
• Introduction: Sharia, Cultural Politics, Anthropology
• 1. Sharia Judiciary as Global Assemblage: Islamization, Corporatization, and Other Transformations in Context
• 2. A Tale of Two Courts: Judicial Transformation, Corporate Islamic Governmentality, and the New Punitiveness
• 3. What Are Sulh Sessions? After Ijtihad, Islamic ADR, and Pastoral Power
• 4. Discourse, Practice, and Rebranding in Kuala Lumpur's Sharia Courthouse
• 5. Are Women Getting (More) Justice? Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative Perspectives
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as sharia-an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in sharia judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions. Sharia Transformations is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of sharia in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine everyday practices of Malaysia's sharia courts and the changes that have occurred in the court discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's sharia judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world. .
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• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Note on Spelling, Terminology, and Currency Glossary of Frequently Used Malay Terms Introduction: Sharia, Cultural Politics, Anthropology
• 1. Sharia Judiciary as Global Assemblage: Islamization, Corporatization, and Other Transformations in Context
• 2. A Tale of Two Courts: Judicial Transformation, Corporate Islamic Governmentality, and the New Punitiveness
• 3. What Are Sulh Sessions? After Ijtihad, Islamic ADR, and Pastoral Power
• 4. Discourse, Practice, and Rebranding in Kuala Lumpur's Sharia Courthouse
• 5. Are Women Getting (More) Justice? Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative Perspectives Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.
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Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as sharia-an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in which Muslim men and women experience the myriad dimensions of sharia often go unnoticed and unpublicized. So too do recent historical changes in sharia judiciaries and contemporary strategies on the part of political and religious elites, social engineers, and brand stewards to shape, solidify, and rebrand these institutions. Sharia Transformations is an ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study of the practice and lived entailments of sharia in Malaysia, arguably the most economically successful Muslim-majority nation in the world. The book focuses on the routine everyday practices of Malaysia's sharia courts and the changes that have occurred in the court discourses and practices in recent decades. Michael G. Peletz approaches Malaysia's sharia judiciary as a global assemblage and addresses important issues in the humanistic and social-scientific literature concerning how Malays and other Muslims engage ethical norms and deal with law, social justice, and governance in a rapidly globalizing world. .
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• Introduction
• General issues concerning the power of preventive detention and the evaluation of this power under the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, 1957
• The quest for a standard preventive detention framework
• Preventive detention laws in Malaysia & their use
• Conclusions and recommendations

This book examines the extraordinary nature of the power of preventive detention, which permits executive dispensation of the personal liberty of an individual on the mere apprehension that, if free and unfettered, he may commit acts prejudicial to national security or public order. In light of the extraordinary scope of this power, it, therefore, contends that the scope of the power should be confined to genuine emergencies threatening the life of the nation. Against the above background, this book sheds light on the fact that Article 149 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia empowers the Parliament to enact preventive detention laws authorizing the executive branch of government to preventively detain individuals without the precondition of an emergency. Furthermore, the Constitution does not stipulate adequate safeguards for mitigating the harshness of preventive detention laws. This book makes it manifestly evident that the weaknesses of the constitutional provisions concerning preventive detention have enabled succeeding generations of executives in Malaysia to not only enact a series of preventive detention statues for arrogating to themselves wide powers concerning preventive detention but also to rely on them for arbitrarily detaining their political adversaries. Consequently, on the basis of this analysis, this book puts forward concrete recommendations for insertion in the Constitution detailed norms providing for legal limits on the wide power of the executive concerning preventive detention. The insertion of such norms would ensure the maintenance of a delicate balance between protecting national interests and, simultaneously, observing respect for an individual's right to protection from arbitrary deprivation of liberty.This book is useful for academics and students of comparative constitutional law, human rights and Asian law. The extensive law reform analysis undertaken in this book also greatly benefits the policy makers in Malaysia and the policy makers of constitutional polities facing similar problems with the issue of circumscribing the scope of the powers concerning preventive detention.
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• Introduction: Revisiting the confines and significance of Islamic finance law / Umar A. Oseni, M. Kabir Hassan and Rusni Hassan
• Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia : the practitioners' perspectives / Badruddin Hj Ibrahim [and 3 others]
• The objectives of sharī'ah in nomination for the payment of family takaful benefits / Safinar Salleh [and 3 others]
• Creating security to finance waqf property development in Malaysia : issues and solutions / Sharifah Zubaidah Syed Abdul Kader and Nor Asiah Mohamad
• Hisbah as a consumer protection institution in Malyasia : a special reference to Islamic consumer credit industry / Rusni Hassan and Ibtisam @ Ilyana Ilias
• The role of financial regulator in protecting bank consumers from unfair contract terms : the case of Malyasian Islamic banks / Noor Mahinar Abu Bakar [and 3 others]
• Effects of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing law on innovation of mobile payment systems in Malaysia / Suhaimi Mdh Sarif [and 4 others]
• Combating money laundering and terrorism financing : perspectives from maqāsid al-sharī'ah / Raja Madihah Raja Alia [and 3 others]
• Legal issues of sharī'ah-compliant home financing in Malaysia : a case study of a bai bithaman ājil contract / Umar A. Oseni, Mohd Fairullazi Ayob and Khairuddin Abdul Rashid
• Procedural laws governing event of default in Islamic financing in Malaysia : issues and challenges / Syuhaeda Aeni Binti Mat Ali, Rusni Hassan and Ahmad Azam Othman
• Fintech and the transformation of the Islamic finance regulatory framework in Malaysia / Ho Wen Hui, Azwina Wati Abdull Manaf and Asfarina Karitka Shakri
• Fintech and its impact on Islamic fund management in Malaysia : a legal viewpoint / Surianom Miskam, Abdul Monir Yaacob and Romzie Rosman
• Cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering laws : the need for an integrated approach / Mohd Yazid bin Zul Kepli and Sonny Zulhuda
• Regulating digital currency : taming the unruly / Syed Fadhil Hanafi Syed A. Rahman

Law and regulation are becoming increasingly important in any discourse involving the Islamic financial services industry. This important aspect comprises both the legal and Shari'ah aspects from the pre-contract stage up to the post-execution phase, and even post-contract termination phase. Emerging Issues in Islamic Finance Law and Practice in Malaysia focuses on emerging legal, Shari'ah and regulatory issues in the Islamic finance industry in Malaysia. Through the lens of the Malaysian legal framework, financial experts Umar A. Oseni, M. Kabir Hassan, and Rusni Hassan and their expert contributors raise and discuss issues that cut across borders and, as such, can be transposed to other Islamic finance jurisdictions. With the different perspectives and approaches adopted by various chapters, Emerging Issues is specifically designed to meet the needs of academics and practitioners of Islamic finance law to provide general legal and Shari'ah guidance on the emerging issues identified. In Emerging Issues, Oseni, Hassan and Hassan provide rigorous research for curious minds who seek to ascertain the position of Islamic law on certain new issues, such as the application of Fintech in Islamic finance and the regulation of digital currencies. Readers will also benefit from the case studies included, which are based on the Malaysian legal and Shari'ah framework since Malaysia is generally considered a model for other Islamic finance jurisdictions.
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• Introduction: Constituting religion
• The constitutive power of law and courts
• The secular roots of Islamic law in Malaysia
• Islam and liberal rights in the Federal Constitution
• The judicialization of religion
• Constructing the political spectacle : liberal rights versus religion in the court of public opinion
• The rights-versus-rites binary in popular legal consciousness
• "Islam is the religion of the federation"
• Conclusion.

Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed the construction of a 'rights-versus-rites binary' in law, politics, and the popular imagination. By drawing on extensive primary source material and tracing controversial cases from the court of law to the court of public opinion, this study theorizes the 'judicialization of religion' and the radiating effects of courts on popular legal and religious consciousness. The book documents how legal institutions catalyze ideological struggles, which stand to redefine the nation and its politics. Probing the links between legal pluralism, social movements, secularism, and political Islamism, Constituting Religion sheds new light on the confluence of law, religion, politics, and society. This title is also available as Open Access.
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• Introduction: constituting religion
• 1. The constitutive power of law and courts
• 2. The secular roots of Islamic law in Malaysia
• 3. Islam and liberal rights in the federal constitution
• 4. The judicialization of religion
• 5. Constructing the political spectacle: liberal rights versus Islam in the court of public opinion
• 6. The rights-versus-rites binary in popular legal consciousness
• 7. 'Islam is the religion of the federation'
• Conclusion
• Appendix: religion of the state, source law, and repugnancy clause provisions among Muslim-majority countries
• Bibliography
• Index.
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Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal and symbolic resources for activists to advance contending visions for their states and societies. Using the case study of Malaysia, Constituting Religion examines how these legal arrangements enable litigation and feed the construction of a 'rights-versus-rites binary' in law, politics, and the popular imagination. By drawing on extensive primary source material and tracing controversial cases from the court of law to the court of public opinion, this study theorizes the 'judicialization of religion' and the radiating effects of courts on popular legal and religious consciousness. The book documents how legal institutions catalyze ideological struggles, which stand to redefine the nation and its politics. Probing the links between legal pluralism, social movements, secularism, and political Islamism, Constituting Religion sheds new light on the confluence of law, religion, politics, and society. This title is also available as Open Access.
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• Editorial Thread No.1
• Chapter 1: The Creation of Greater Malaysia: Law, Politics, Ethnicity, and Religion Kevin Y.L. Tan Editorial Thread No.2
• Chapter 2: Malaysia's Blocked Social Contract Debate Rueban Ratna Balasubramaniam Editorial Thread No.3
• Chapter 3: Dimensions of Ketuanan Melayu in the Malaysian Constitutional Framework Wilson T.V. Tay Editorial Thread No.4
• Chapter 4: `Nazrinian' Monarchy in Malaysia: The Resilience and Revival of a Traditional Institution Andrew Harding Editorial Thread No.5
• Chapter 5: The Particular in the Universal: Negotiating the Right to Education and Cultural-Linguistic Rights of Minority Children in East Malaysia Jaclyn L.C. Neo Editorial Thread No.6
• Chapter 6: `Legal Pluralism' in Malaysia: The Case of Iban Native Customary Rights in Sarawak Yogeswaran Subramaniam Editorial Thread No.7
• Chapter 7: Religion, Conversions, and Custody: Battles in the Malaysian Appellate Courts Dian A.H. Shah Editorial Thread No.8
• Chapter 8: The Rise of Islamic Sexual Morality and State Power in Malaysia Tan Beng Hui Editorial Thread No.9
• Chapter 9: Justice and Enforcement Agencies Personnel in Malaysia and their Views about Domestic Violence, Marriage and Religion Noraida Endut and Intan Hashimah Mohamed Hashim Editorial Thread No.10
• Chapter 10: Political and Religious Hegemony via the Suppression of Expression: Book Banning and Film Censorship in Malaysia Azmi Sharom and Saw Tiong Guan.
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This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical, social, and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics, and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems, which include ethnic and religious divisions, uneven and unsustainable development, and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities, nations within the common law tradition, and federal states.
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• The creation of Greater Malaysia : law, politics, ethnicity, and religion /
• Kevin Y.L. Tan
• Malaysia's blocked social contract debate / Rueban Ratna Balasubramaniam
• Dimensions of Ketuanan Melayu in the Malaysian constitutional framework / Wilson T.V. Tay
• "Nazrinian" monarchy in Malaysia : the resilience and revival of a traditional institution / Andrew Harding
• The particular in the universal : negotiating the right to education and cultural-linguistic rights of minority children in East Malaysia / Jaclyn L.C. Neo
• Legal pluralism in Malaysia : the case of Iban native customary rights in Sarawak / Yogeswaran Subramaniam
• Religion, conversions and custody : battles in the Malaysian appellate courts / Dian A.H. Shah
• The rise of "Islamic" sexual morality and state power in Malaysia / Tan Beng Hui
• Justice and enforcement agencies personnel in Malaysia and their views on domestic violence, marriage, and religion / Noraida Endut and Intan Hashimah Mohamed Hashim
• Political and religious hegemony via the suppression of expression : book banning and film censorship in Malaysia / Azmi Sharom and Saw Tiong Guan.

This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical, social, and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics, and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems, which include ethnic and religious divisions, uneven and unsustainable development, and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities, nations within the common law tradition, and federal states.
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• Constitutional history and political developments
• The constitutional crisis of 1983
• The battle over royal immunity
• The Malay rulers : a royal resurgence?
• The judiciary under siege : the 1988 crisis
• Reforming the judiciary : a triumph of form over substance?
• The Islamization phenomenon : the new constitutional battlefront
• Whither constitutionalism?
• Conclusion.

In this book, HP Lee explores how the separation of powers doctrine in Malaysia has been adversely affected by a number of major constitutional conflicts among the various important organs of government. The author first analyses the struggle by parliament for supremacy over the Malay Rulers or Sultans by expunging the need for the royal assent to the enactment of legislation and removing royal immunities. Lee then turns to the contemporary role of the Malay Rulers and the reasons for the perceived rejuvenation of these Malay Rulers. The book goes on to examine the series of controversies and scandals which have plagued the judiciary since the tumultuous judiciary crisis of 1988, and the efficacy of the reforms which have been introduced to restore public confidence in the judiciary. These conflicts and a number of statutory enactments are analysed to determine their impact on the state of constitutionalism in Malaysia. The book concludes with the author's thoughts on the trajectory of constitutional development in Malaysia.
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In this book, HP Lee explores how the separation of powers doctrine in Malaysia has been adversely affected by a number of major constitutional conflicts among the various important organs of government. The author first analyses the struggle by parliament for supremacy over the Malay Rulers or Sultans by expunging the need for the royal assent to the enactment of legislation and removing royal immunities. Lee then turns to the contemporary role of the Malay Rulers and the reasons for the perceived rejuvenation of these Malay Rulers. The book goes on to examine the series of controversies and scandals which have plagued the judiciary since the tumultuous judiciary crisis of 1988, and the efficacy of the reforms which have been introduced to restore public confidence in the judiciary. These conflicts and a number of statutory enactments are analysed to determine their impact on the state of constitutionalism in Malaysia. The book concludes with the author's thoughts on the trajectory of constitutional development in Malaysia.
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• Foreword / Philip Yang
• Foreword / Doug Jones
• Preface
• Nature of arbitration
• The legislative development of arbitration
• Defining an arbitration
• The relevance of arbitration
• Privacy and confidentiality in arbitration
• Types of arbitration
• Arbitration agreements
• Separability of arbitration clause
• Jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal
• Who may refer matters to arbitration?
• Scope of arbitration agreement
• Existence of disputes or differences
• Effect of arbitration agreement
• Stay of concurrent proceedings in court
• Conditions for obtaining a stay
• The effect and terms of a stay
• Injunctions restraining arbitration proceedings
• Ousting the jurisdiction of the court
• Commencement of arbitration
• Appointment of arbitral tribunal under the arbitration agreement
• Composition of arbitral tribunals
• Appointment of arbitral tribunal by the Director of the KLRCA or the High Court
• Revocation of authority and removal of arbitrator
• Renumeration of arbitrator
• Conduct of the arbitrations
• Procedure prior to the hearing
• Procedure at the hearing
• Consequences of default by parties
• Evidence in arbitrations
• Representation in arbitrations
• Powers, duties and liability of the arbitral tribunal
• Powers of the arbitral tribunal
• Powers of the High Court
• Jurisdiction of the High Court
• Types of award
• Making of the award
• Substantive requirements of an award
• Mistakes or omissions in the award
• Effects of a valid award
• Remedies and relief
• Award of interest
• Costs of the arbitration
• Offers of settlement and costs protection
• Taxing or settling costs
• Challenge to arbitral award
• Recourse against award
• Effect of order for remission or setting aside award
• Enforcement and recognition of arbitral awards
• Conflict of laws in arbitration
• Investment arbitration
• Sports arbitration
• Maritime arbitration
• Arbitrations conducted under the KLRCA rules
• Adjudication under the auspices of the KLRCA.

"New developments bought about by the Arbitration Act 2005 (amended 2011) [are examined]. Each topic draws on current and updated examples of case law, soft law and practical experience from Malaysian and other jurisdictions applying the UNCITRAL model law."-- Provided by publisher.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on TranscriptionChronology Introduction: Sharia and the Anthropology of Knowledge
• 1. Sharia in Malaysia: The Historical Background
• 2. Family Law: Religious Officials, Reasoning Style, and Controversies
• 3. Criminal Law: Taking the MiddleRoad
• 4. Economics: The Malaysian State, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia
• 5. Pro-Sharia Discourses: Race, Religion, and Nation
• 6. Contra-Sharia Discourses: Islamic and Secular Human Rights
• 7. Individuals: Views, Voices, and Practices Conclusion: Sharia Cultural Models and SociopoliticalProjectsNotes Glossary ReferencesIndex.
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Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians' ideas about sharia are not isolated from-nor always opposed to-liberal pluralism and secularism. Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.
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• AcknowledgmentsNote on TranscriptionChronology Introduction: Sharia and the Anthropology of Knowledge
• 1. Sharia in Malaysia: The Historical Background
• 2. Family Law: Religious Officials, Reasoning Style, and Controversies
• 3. Criminal Law: Taking the MiddleRoad
• 4. Economics: The Malaysian State, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia
• 5. Pro-Sharia Discourses: Race, Religion, and Nation
• 6. Contra-Sharia Discourses: Islamic and Secular Human Rights
• 7. Individuals: Views, Voices, and Practices Conclusion: Sharia Cultural Models and SociopoliticalProjectsNotes Glossary ReferencesIndex.
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Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians' ideas about sharia are not isolated from-nor always opposed to-liberal pluralism and secularism.Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.
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• Introduction: Sharia and the anthropology of knowledge
• Sharia in Malaysia : the historical background
• Family law : religious officials, reasoning style, and controversies
• Criminal law : taking the middle road
• Economics : the Malaysian state, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia
• Pro-Sharia discourses : race, religion, and nation
• Contra-Sharia discourses : Islamic and secular human rights
• Individual views, voices, and practices
• Conclusion: Sharia cultural models and sociopolitical projects.

Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians' ideas about sharia are not isolated from-nor always opposed to-liberal pluralism and secularism. Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.
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On 8 December2104, a group of 25 prominent Malays (G25) issued an open call for moderateMalays and Muslims to speak out against the hate speeches targeted atnon-Muslims by supremacist groups. They stressed that the extremist andintolerant voices do not speak for the general Muslim community, and theycalled for a review of Shariah law and civil law to be in line with thesupremacy of the Federal Constitution. Will it be possible to arrest thesedestructive forces that are taking control of the future wellbeing ofMalaysia? The G25 hopes it would, and that thisbook will bring greater awareness of the dangers that are tearing apartMalaysian's social fabric. In this important volume, 21 leadingacademics, lawyers and social activists discuss the impact of Islamicbureaucracy in Malaysia and its consistency with the provisions of the FederalConstitution. The also address the socio-political dimensions andcultural-economic implications on Malaysian society.
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• Introduction
• Duty of utmost good faith
• Pre-contractual duty of disclosure and misrepresentation
• Post-contractual good faith and claims settlement
• Utmost good faith and takaful in Malaysia
• Law reform from a social science perspective
• Conclusion.

"This book examines good faith in non-marine insurance and takaful (Islamic insurance) contracts in Malaysia, and proposes holistic law reform of the same. The first two-thirds of the book comprise an extensive comparative legal analysis of the issues between Malaysia, Australia and the United Kingdom, with the final third dedicated to a socio-economic analysis of law reform and suggestions for law reform particularly suited to Malaysia. The book evaluates whether the duty of utmost good faith (the cornerstone of insurance and takaful contracts) is effectively regulated and, in turn, observed by insurers (and takaful operators) and insureds alike in Malaysia. The adequacy of the Insurance Act 1996 (Malaysia), the Takaful Act 1984 (Malaysia), the Financial Services Act 2013 (Malaysia) and the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 (Malaysia) is evaluated, along with the supporting infrastructure and oversight measures introduced by the Malaysian government. In doing so, The book examines the duty of utmost good faith from both a doctrinal and a social science perspective, in order to propose suitable legal reform"-- Provided by publisher.