Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif

“ The reform to the divorce law under the 1976 Act has not been that all innovative and revolutionary. There are some notable defects, some inevitable others uncalled for. Like a new consumer product in the marked only the package has changed, the ingredients still remain except perhaps with a few a...

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Main Author: Mohd Sharif, Ishak
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law 1983
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spelling uitm-13332019-03-27T03:36:59Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/1333/ Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif Mohd Sharif, Ishak K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence “ The reform to the divorce law under the 1976 Act has not been that all innovative and revolutionary. There are some notable defects, some inevitable others uncalled for. Like a new consumer product in the marked only the package has changed, the ingredients still remain except perhaps with a few additions here and there - What was recognised as a fault principle has been branded as 'irretrievable breakdown'. What was meant to be a simple law suffers a complex disease of legal interpretation. Nevertheless, the Royal Commission should be commended in its effort to unify the law.” …..p. 32 “ Take adultery as an example. It has been recognised as a grave matrimonial misconduct that goes to the root of the marriage. It has been accepted as a cause of marriage breakdown. To disregard it would be contrary to public policy, to adopt it would be contrary to the policy of the new divorce law. It thereby becomes a question of priority. It is no easier than to resolve the problem of the ‘chicken and the egg’, the cause of breakdown or the effects of breakdown”….. p. 33 Faculty of Law 1983 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/1333/1/PPd_ISHAK%20MOHD%20SHARIF%20LW%2083_5%20P01.pdf Mohd Sharif, Ishak (1983) Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
description “ The reform to the divorce law under the 1976 Act has not been that all innovative and revolutionary. There are some notable defects, some inevitable others uncalled for. Like a new consumer product in the marked only the package has changed, the ingredients still remain except perhaps with a few additions here and there - What was recognised as a fault principle has been branded as 'irretrievable breakdown'. What was meant to be a simple law suffers a complex disease of legal interpretation. Nevertheless, the Royal Commission should be commended in its effort to unify the law.” …..p. 32 “ Take adultery as an example. It has been recognised as a grave matrimonial misconduct that goes to the root of the marriage. It has been accepted as a cause of marriage breakdown. To disregard it would be contrary to public policy, to adopt it would be contrary to the policy of the new divorce law. It thereby becomes a question of priority. It is no easier than to resolve the problem of the ‘chicken and the egg’, the cause of breakdown or the effects of breakdown”….. p. 33
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title Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
title_short Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
title_full Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
title_fullStr Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
title_full_unstemmed Divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) Act 1976 - An analysis of its rationals / Ishak Mohd Sharif
title_sort divorce under the law reform (marriage and divorce) act 1976 - an analysis of its rationals / ishak mohd sharif
publisher Faculty of Law
publishDate 1983
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