Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia

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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Main Authors: Shuaib, Farid Sufian, Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham, Ahmad Bustami, Tajul Aris, Othman, Noraini, Sulaiman, Mohamad Syafiq
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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KPG Malaysia
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
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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 Conference or Workshop Item 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
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topic KPG Malaysia
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
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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
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
author_sort Shuaib, Farid Sufian
title Towards an APEX Syariah court in Malaysia
title_short 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_sort towards an apex syariah court in malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43374/1/towards_an_apex.pdf
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