Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects
Islamic law considers any court-annexed framework for the resolution of disputes as part of the case management role of the judge. This paper examines the status of the cour-annexed mediation programme of the Syariah Court in Malaysia. Issues especially relating to the backlog of cases led to the in...
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| author | Abdul Hak, Nora A. Oseni, Umar |
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| description | Islamic law considers any court-annexed framework for the resolution of disputes as part of the case management role of the judge. This paper examines the status of the cour-annexed mediation programme of the Syariah Court in Malaysia. Issues especially relating to the backlog of cases led to the introduction of sulf (mediation) as a court-annexed process with a review to acessing the problems, and their resolution. Overcoming these operational challenges identified will go along way in reducing the backlog of cases in the Syariah courts in Malaysia. A number of challenges are encountered in implementing this court annexed mediation. |
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| spelling | iium-123382023-10-12T03:46:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12338/ Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects Abdul Hak, Nora A. Oseni, Umar K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Islamic law considers any court-annexed framework for the resolution of disputes as part of the case management role of the judge. This paper examines the status of the cour-annexed mediation programme of the Syariah Court in Malaysia. Issues especially relating to the backlog of cases led to the introduction of sulf (mediation) as a court-annexed process with a review to acessing the problems, and their resolution. Overcoming these operational challenges identified will go along way in reducing the backlog of cases in the Syariah courts in Malaysia. A number of challenges are encountered in implementing this court annexed mediation. Singapore Mediation Centre 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12338/1/2011_-_Syariah_court-annexed_mediation_in_Malaysia.pdf Abdul Hak, Nora and A. Oseni, Umar (2011) Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects. Asian Journal on Mediation. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1793-2173 http://www.mediation.com.sg/mediation_AJ_Introduction.htm |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Abdul Hak, Nora A. Oseni, Umar Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title | Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title_full | Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title_fullStr | Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title_short | Syariah court-annexed mediation in Malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| title_sort | syariah court-annexed mediation in malaysia: some problems and prospects |
| topic | K Law (General) KPG Malaysia |
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