Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia
Sexual harassment is one of the contemporary silent issues in academic setting in the schools and institution of higher education. The above subject has become a climax discourse and heatedly debated in various sectors in the recent past. A number of theoretical and empirical studies have demonstrat...
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iium-402322016-10-21T05:06:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40232/ Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali K Law (General) Sexual harassment is one of the contemporary silent issues in academic setting in the schools and institution of higher education. The above subject has become a climax discourse and heatedly debated in various sectors in the recent past. A number of theoretical and empirical studies have demonstrated that sexual harassment has a tendency of causing long term psychological disturbances to the victims. Despite of advocacy of no discrimination between female and male in education, sexual harassment in schools and higher educational institutions in Malaysia is drastically prevalent. This paper therefore explores the domestic laws of Malaysia dealing with sexual misconduct against the students and its adequacy. Inderscience Publisher 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40232/1/International_Journal_of_Private_Law_Article.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali (2015) Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia. International Journal of Private Law, 8 (1). pp. 59-72. ISSN 1753-6235 E-ISSN 1753-6243 |
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Sexual harassment is one of the contemporary silent issues in academic setting in the schools and institution of higher education. The above subject has become a climax discourse and heatedly debated in various sectors in the recent past. A number of theoretical and empirical studies have demonstrated that sexual harassment has a tendency of causing long term psychological disturbances to the victims. Despite of advocacy of no discrimination between female and male in education, sexual harassment in schools and higher educational institutions in Malaysia is drastically prevalent. This paper therefore explores the domestic laws of Malaysia dealing with sexual misconduct against the students and its adequacy. |
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Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia |
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Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia |
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Sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in Malaysia |
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sexual misconduct in academic setting: domestic law and practice in malaysia |
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