Law and Society in Malaysia Pluralism, Religion and Ethnicity [Hardcover]

This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical, social, and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics, and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems, which include ethnic and religious divisions, uneven and unsustainable development, and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities, nations within the common law tradition, and federal states.

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Chapter 1: The Creation of Greater Malaysia: Law, Politics, Ethnicity, and Religion

Kevin Y.L. Tan

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Chapter 2: Malaysias Blocked Social Contract Debate

Rueban Ratna Balasubramaniam

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Chapter 3: Dimensions of Ketuanan Melayu in the Malaysian Constitutional Framework

Wilson T.V. Tay

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Chapter 4: Nazrinian Monarchy in Malaysia: The Resilience and Revival of a Traditional Institution

Andrew Harding

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Chapter 5: The Particular in the Universal: Negotiating the Right to Education and Cultural-Linguistic Rights of Minority Children in East Malaysia

Jaclyn L.C. Neo

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Chapter 6: Legal Pluralism in Malaysia: The Case of Iban Native Customary Rights in Sarawak

Yogeswaran Subramaniam

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Chapter 7: Religion, Conversions, and Custody: Battles in the Malaysian Appellc­