The doctrine of separation of powers propounded by English philosopher, John Locke, and the French writer, Baron de Montesquieu, described the separation of political power among the legislature, executive, and judiciary. It states, inter alia, that the legislative, executive and judicial functions of Government should be discharged by independent

The main business of the Judiciary is to interpret and enforce the laws enacted by the Legislature including the Federal Constitution, State Constitutions and any other source of law recognised by the legal system. The courts perform their task in accordance with the oath taken by judges to uphold the Constitution and the enacted laws. ‘The court

It will be observed that in dispute resolution, conciliation is a first step process employed by the Syariah courts in that the parties will have to attempt amicable settlement of their dispute and only when it has failed to reach a settlement, would the case be listed for hearing in courCLJ Publication Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-in-P

The global medication scheduling is changing due to the frequent launching of new and generic medicines which bringing about the accessibility of different kind of medicines for customers in pharmacies. The Over the Counter medicines market is always under investigation due to its nature of self-medication . In this study, the major psychological f

An employee alleging dismissal without just cause or excuse will have to comply with certain statutory requirements before his claim may be referred to and adjudicated in the Industrial Court. This includes, inter alia, the sixty days statutory limitation period in s 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 (‘the IRA’). The dismissal date wou

This document purports to provide a section-by-section annotation of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within the Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020 and to address frequently asked questions that may arise therefrom.Updated as at 10 April 2020 For complimentary access to LexisNexis Malaysia’s database of unannotated

The right of every person to move freely throughout the Federation and to reside in any part thereof is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution article 9(2). However, clause 3 of article 9 conferred power on the Parliament to enact law imposing restrictions in respect of movement and residence on grounds related to public order, public health, or th

Litigating disputes in the ordinary courts of law is costly, time- consuming with unpredictable outcome and above all, the ‘winner takes all’ and this, inevitably, would damage irreparably the relationships between the disputants. In the administration of justice, the courts are often busy with an accumulated backlog of cases. The undue delay a

What is emphasised is that the judiciary is empowered to strike down an amendment to the Constitution or any enacted laws which conflicts with or seeks to alter the basic structure of the ConstitutioFOR ACADEMIC REPOSITORY PURPOSES ONLYCLJ Publication FOR ACADEMIC REPOSITORY PURPOSES ONLYPerpustakaan Negara Malaysia C ataloguing-in-Publication Data

Arbitrators have some expertise in the field of the dispute and they come from different educational and professional backgrounds including law, accounting, insurance, finance, health care, engineering, architecture and construction. In fact, many arbitrators are retired or former judges and lawyers and the arbitration agreement may specify the qua