Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court

This study examines problems on the enforcement of maintenance orders of the Syariah Courts. Despite the fact that Syariah courts are guided by comprehensive statutory laws, however, complaints on matters related with maintenance orders are still unresolved. Therefore this study is undertaken to e...

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Main Authors: Mohd Zin, Najibah, Md Hashim, Noraini, Abdul Hak, Nora, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Kamaruddin, Ibrahim, Mohd Helmi, Md Said
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Published: UPM Press 2015
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spelling iium-468792018-06-25T00:40:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46879/ Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court Mohd Zin, Najibah Md Hashim, Noraini Abdul Hak, Nora Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Kamaruddin, Ibrahim Mohd Helmi, Md Said K Law (General) This study examines problems on the enforcement of maintenance orders of the Syariah Courts. Despite the fact that Syariah courts are guided by comprehensive statutory laws, however, complaints on matters related with maintenance orders are still unresolved. Therefore this study is undertaken to examine and identify problems that have caused the failure to enforce maintenance orders. Studies conducted show that women and children are the most affected group due to the weak enforcement of the Syariah maintenance court orders. This research uses qualitative approach based on legal doctrine and data. Data are obtained through scrutiny of the files from the court and informants consisting of officers from the Syariah court as well as clients of the court. The study discloses an obvious co-relation between complex and lengthy processes, unnecessary time consuming and costs inefficiency with the enforcement order of maintenance. This article is preamble to a an envisaged study on the enforcement of maintenance order in the Syariah Court of which the result will be useful for further improvement of the existing legal provisions in Malaysia. UPM Press 2015-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46879/1/46879.pdf Mohd Zin, Najibah and Md Hashim, Noraini and Abdul Hak, Nora and Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina and Kamaruddin, Ibrahim and Mohd Helmi, Md Said (2015) Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 23 (S). pp. 327-336. ISSN 0128-7702 E-ISSN 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2023%20(S)%20Nov.%202015/29%20JSSH%20Vol%2023%20(S)%20Nov%202015_pg327-336.pdf
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topic K Law (General)
spellingShingle K Law (General)
Mohd Zin, Najibah
Md Hashim, Noraini
Abdul Hak, Nora
Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
Mohd Helmi, Md Said
Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
description This study examines problems on the enforcement of maintenance orders of the Syariah Courts. Despite the fact that Syariah courts are guided by comprehensive statutory laws, however, complaints on matters related with maintenance orders are still unresolved. Therefore this study is undertaken to examine and identify problems that have caused the failure to enforce maintenance orders. Studies conducted show that women and children are the most affected group due to the weak enforcement of the Syariah maintenance court orders. This research uses qualitative approach based on legal doctrine and data. Data are obtained through scrutiny of the files from the court and informants consisting of officers from the Syariah court as well as clients of the court. The study discloses an obvious co-relation between complex and lengthy processes, unnecessary time consuming and costs inefficiency with the enforcement order of maintenance. This article is preamble to a an envisaged study on the enforcement of maintenance order in the Syariah Court of which the result will be useful for further improvement of the existing legal provisions in Malaysia.
format Article
author Mohd Zin, Najibah
Md Hashim, Noraini
Abdul Hak, Nora
Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
Mohd Helmi, Md Said
author_facet Mohd Zin, Najibah
Md Hashim, Noraini
Abdul Hak, Nora
Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
Mohd Helmi, Md Said
author_sort Mohd Zin, Najibah
title Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
title_short Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
title_full Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
title_fullStr Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
title_full_unstemmed Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court
title_sort baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in selangor syariah court
publisher UPM Press
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/46879/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46879/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46879/1/46879.pdf
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