CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIA LAW

1. LAW It is a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority.

2. THE AIM OF LAW

2.1. TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS

2.2. TO MAINTAIN ORDER

2.3. TO MAINTAIN

2.4. TO PROTECT LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS

3. WHAT IS STATE?

3.1. It is the operations or concerns of the government of a country.

3.2. State government of Malaysia are the government ruling 13 states in the federation of Malaysia.

4. CLASSIFICATION OF LAW

4.1. PUBLIC LAW

4.2. INTERNATIONAL LAW

4.3. PRIVATE LAW

5. COURT SYSTEM

5.1. SUPERIOR COURTS

5.1.1. FEDERAL COURT

5.1.2. COURT OF APPEAL

5.1.3. HIGH COURT

5.2. SUBORDINATES COURTS

5.2.1. SESSION COURT

5.2.2. MAGISTRATE COURT

5.2.3. MAGISTRATE COURT FOR CHILDREN

5.3. OTHER COURTS

5.3.1. INDUSTRIAL COURT

5.3.2. PENGHULU COURT

5.3.3. SYARIAH COURT

5.3.4. NATIVE COURT

6. THE MALAYSIAN LAW

6.1. The governance of Malaysia is divided between the Federal and the state governments.

6.2. The Federal government has direct administration of the federal territories.

7. FEDERAL TERRITORIES

7.1. Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan

7.2. Governed directly by the federal government of Malaysia

8. CONSTITUTION

8.1. The Constitution establishes the Federation as a constitutional monarchy having the Yang di Pertuan Agong as the Head of State whose roles are largely ceremonial.

9. SOURCES OF LAW

9.1. WRITTEN LAW

9.1.1. FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

9.1.2. STATE CONSTITUTION

9.1.3. LEGISLATION

9.1.4. SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

9.2. UNWRITTEN LAW

9.2.1. CUSTOM LAW

9.2.2. JUDICIAL DECISION

9.2.3. SHARIAH LAW