Monday, August 13, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Jurisprudence
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Classifications of Law
Our legal system is made up of both a criminal justice system and a civil justice system . These two systems exist to deal with two diff...
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Law Legends
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The Case Of The Stolen Smell
Ooka Tadasuke (1677-1752) was a famous Japanese samurai who also served as a magistrate of Tokyo during the Tokugawa shogunate. Ooka wa...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
News
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Farewell Sedition, Hello National Harmony!
The Sedition Act 1948 will be repealed and replaced with a new National Harmony Act. Provisions in the new Act would focus on instilling a...
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Precedent
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Avoiding Precedents
The doctrine of judicial precedent involves an application of the principle of stare decisis (to stand by the decided). In practice, this m...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Musings by Miss P
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Suing Minors For Damaged Property & Bodily Injury
This is a good question by an anonymous reader of this blog concerning whether a minor could be legally liable for causing damage to proper...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Legislation
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The Malaysian Written Law
The laws of Malaysia can be divided into two types of laws—written law and unwritten law. Written laws are laws which have been enacted in t...
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Legal Systems
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Common Law
Common law is a legal system that gives great weight to precedents (legal principles or rules decided by a judge that may apply to subseque...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Legal Systems
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Legal Systems In The World
There are various definitions of the term "legal system". A legal system is the framework of rules and institutions within a nat...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
News
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Internet Giants vs. Censorship Laws
Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites carried out protests on Wednesday to voice concern over legi...
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Consumer Protection
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Consumer Protection
Imagine that you are queuing up at a food outlet counter waiting to order your lunch. After several minutes when it is your turn, the a...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Precedent
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Obiter Dictum
Obiter dictum (plural obiter dicta ) is Latin for a statement "said in passing" . An obiter dictum is a remark or observation m...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Precedent
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Judicial Precedent
Precedent is a rule of law established for the first time by a court for a particular type of case and thereafter referred to by other co...
Human Rights
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Freedom Of Speech, Assembly And Association
Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees Malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedo...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Legislation
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How A Bill Becomes Law
Laws are said to be made to maintain a well-regulated society and a reflection of social mores and thinking. As such, laws will change over ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Videos
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Lawyer Commercial (Seriously)
This is probably what it would look like if Malaysian lawyers are allowed to advertise their legal service on tv.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Contract
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Minors' Capacity To Contract
One of the elements constituting a valid contract is that the parties entering the contract are those who have the competency to contract. T...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Contract
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Eleven Fancy Waistcoats
What happened in the case of Nash v Inman ?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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How To Write A Case Report
Case reports, or law reports, are one of the most common types of documents in the legal community, designed to provide a relatively short a...
