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• Introduction
• Sources of Malaysian law
• Institutions and personnel of the law
• Trial process and legal aid.

• 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
• The application of Islamic law in Kelantan. Historical context
• Political context
• The Hudud Bill
• The controversy over the bill
• The application of Islamic law in Aceh. Shariah and Adat law
• The nature of conflict
• The dynamics of implementing Islamic law in Aceh
• Conclusion.

This monograph examines the dynamics involved in implementing Islamic law in Southeast Asia, and how this issue has become a source of conflict in Kelantan, Malaysia and Aceh, Indonesia. Using textual and fieldwork methodology, the study compares and contrasts the collective experience of trying to apply Islamic law in these two locations. In both Kelantan and Aceh, Islamic law was first developed in the thirteenth century with the coming of Islam to the region, but was later replaced by colonial legal systems, and then by the jurisprudence of national governments following independence. Reinstituting Islamic law has become a dominant political issue in both countries. Through an analysis of the conditions that have made the emergence of Islamic law in Kelantan and Aceh possible, the author helps extend previous studies on this issue by providing a sociological understanding of religious law as a source of both conflict and identity. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad is a Ph.D. student at La Trobe University, Australia.
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• Introduction
• The application of Islamic law in Kelantan. Historical context
• Political context
• The Hudud Bill
• The controversy over the bill
• The application of Islamic law in Aceh. Shariah and Adat law
• The nature of conflict
• The dynamics of implementing Islamic law in Aceh
• Conclusion.

This monograph examines the dynamics involved in implementing Islamic law in Southeast Asia, and how this issue has become a source of conflict in Kelantan, Malaysia and Aceh, Indonesia. Using textual and fieldwork methodology, the study compares and contrasts the collective experience of trying to apply Islamic law in these two locations. In both Kelantan and Aceh, Islamic law was first developed in the thirteenth century with the coming of Islam to the region, but was later replaced by colonial legal systems, and then by the jurisprudence of national governments following independence. Reinstituting Islamic law has become a dominant political issue in both countries. Through an analysis of the conditions that have made the emergence of Islamic law in Kelantan and Aceh possible, the author helps extend previous studies on this issue by providing a sociological understanding of religious law as a source of both conflict and identity. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad is a Ph.D. student at La Trobe University, Australia.
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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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• 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.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

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.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Poverty to oblivion
• Singapore fling
• Justice for father
• Schoolboy killers
• Stop the hanging
• Remove the scum
• Indian blues
• One law for all
• Payback
• East vs west
• On the run
• Execution
• Legal victory
• Anwar
• Let God be the judge
• The wheel turns
• Epilogue

Karpal Singh, a tetraplegic following a road accident in Penang in 2005, literally 'died in the saddle' when his specially modified Toyota Alphard crashed into the back of a lorry on the North-South highway in the early hours of 17 April 2014. He was widely regarded as the best criminal and constitutional lawyer practising in Malaysia when he lost the game of chance everyone plays when they venture out onto a Malaysian road. One of Karpal's biggest achievements over the past 15 years was his steely defence of Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on two charges of sodomy and one of corruption. Many in the international community, including members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, believe the charges against Anwar were politically motivated and designed to prevent him from leading an opposition coalition to victory in the next two general elections. At the time of Karpal's death, Anwar had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the Court of Appeal in the Sodomy 11 case. In February 2014, Karpal was convicted of sedition in the High Court which, subject to the outcome of appeals, would have seen him lose his parliamentary seat as the MP for Bukit Gelugor. Against this background, Karpal privately believed Anwar would once again be returned to jail by the end of 2014. Karpal graduated from the University of Singapore in 1969, and was involved in state and federal politics since 1974. He was a fearless advocate for justice and a defender of human rights in Southeast Asia. He gained an international reputation for his defence of hundreds of people who faced the death penalty under Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act, among them Australian Kevin Barlow. 'Tim Donoghue's well-written biography of Karpal Singh, now in its second edition, records the life of a truly significant figure in Malaysian politics. It also records the personal side of the man. His account follows the incredible twists and turns of a larger than life character not only because of his involvement in politics, but also the law. Karpal's life reflected the modern history of Malaysia and the events that shaped it as a nation since Independence more than 50 years ago. Karpal Singh was very much an integral part of that history. It makes this biography relevant and important. It is not only the story of the man we knew as the 'Tiger of Jelutong' - but also a Malaysia itself.' Mark Trowell QC.
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