Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Sya...
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| author | Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq |
| author_facet | Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq |
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| description | Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Syariah court systems based on States the courts and the laws differ from one State to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having 1 apex court for all the 14 Syariah court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of Syariah courts. Proposals in having such a court are included in the discussion. |
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| spelling | iium-433742018-05-22T03:21:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/ Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq KPG Malaysia Malaysia have 14 Syariah court systems. The main reason for this state of affairs is the distribution of legislative powers under the Federal Constitution between the federation and the States where Islam and Islamic Law are States matters. This paper looks at the consequences of having distinct Syariah court systems based on States the courts and the laws differ from one State to another. This paper looks at the legal possibility of having 1 apex court for all the 14 Syariah court systems to streamline the administration and decisions of Syariah courts. Proposals in having such a court are included in the discussion. 2015 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf Shuaib, Farid Sufian and Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham and Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris and Othman, Noraini and Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq (2015) Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 , 10th-11th May 2015, Auditorium, Academic Building (UniSZA), Kuala Trengganu. https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured |
| spellingShingle | KPG Malaysia Shuaib, Farid Sufian Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris Othman, Noraini Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title | Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title_full | Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title_short | Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia |
| title_sort | towards an apex syariah court in malaysia |
| topic | KPG Malaysia |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf |