Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia
From a constitutional perspective, the responsibilities over environmental issues cannot be precisely divided between federal and state governments. Environmental problems could only be dealt with successfully, as the Malaysian case exemplify, through a concurrent jurisdiction. The responsibility fo...
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| description | From a constitutional perspective, the responsibilities over environmental issues cannot be precisely divided between federal and state governments. Environmental problems could only be dealt with successfully, as the Malaysian case exemplify, through a concurrent jurisdiction. The responsibility for the implementation of environmental laws is left to the states which because of their nearness to the source of environmental problems are in a better position to monitor violations. However, interstate environmental problems must be addressed jointly by federal and state governments. |
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| spelling | iium-233502012-06-18T00:53:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23350/ Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia Saleem, Muhammad Yusuf H Social Sciences (General) From a constitutional perspective, the responsibilities over environmental issues cannot be precisely divided between federal and state governments. Environmental problems could only be dealt with successfully, as the Malaysian case exemplify, through a concurrent jurisdiction. The responsibility for the implementation of environmental laws is left to the states which because of their nearness to the source of environmental problems are in a better position to monitor violations. However, interstate environmental problems must be addressed jointly by federal and state governments. IIUM Press 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23350/1/Environmental_Issues_in_a_Federation.pdf Saleem, Muhammad Yusuf (2005) Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia. Intellectual Discourse, 13 (2). pp. 201-212. ISSN 0128-4878 http://iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/viewFile/110/112 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Saleem, Muhammad Yusuf Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title | Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title_full | Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title_short | Environmental issues in a federation: the case of Malaysia |
| title_sort | environmental issues in a federation: the case of malaysia |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23350/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23350/1/Environmental_Issues_in_a_Federation.pdf |