The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad
The ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts has been problematic and raises several implications, involving both legal and non-legal ones, such as technical, organisational and social. Previous research in Malaysia had not addressed the said implications. Within this context, the central arguments o...
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uitm-195052018-02-23T03:59:06Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19505/ The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad Mohamad, Ani Munirah Commercial law Conflict of laws The ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts has been problematic and raises several implications, involving both legal and non-legal ones, such as technical, organisational and social. Previous research in Malaysia had not addressed the said implications. Within this context, the central arguments of this research are two-folds: firstly, the implementation of ICT in the Malaysian courts has impacted not only on the users and courts but also raises a variety of legal, technical, organisational and social implications. Secondly, the lack of legal sanctions to most of the existing ICT applications in the Malaysian courts suggests that law will eventually lag far behind technology and will remain so in the near future. Guided by this thesis, this study aims at examining the implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts on the users and the courts; the implications of the ICT adoption on the laws in Malaysia as compared to that in England and Wales; the theories of unified acceptance and use of technology and risks perception in informing the research; and to propose for the strengthening and improving the delivery of the justice system in the Malaysian civil courts through ICT adoption. Adopting a qualitative research, this study engaged both the primary data obtained from five case studies and the secondary data obtained using the doctrinal approach. The evidence from the research is extensively reported in Chapter Five. The doctrinal analysis of the legal implications of the adoption of ICT in the courts in the United Kingdom as well as Malaysia is presented in Chapters Three and Four respectively. The research found that there are various implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts, as well as the courts in England and Wales, involving both legal and non-legal implications. The research further found that the theories of UTAUT and risks perception have rightly mediated the understanding of the researcher of the benefits and risks involved in the adoption of ICT at the courts. And finally, the research also found that the existing laws in Malaysia involving the Rules of Court 2012 and the Criminal Procedure Code would need to be reviewed on the rules encouraging ICT, electronic legal service of court documents, electronic filing by e-mail, court recording, audio and video conference and proper handling of digital signatures. This study will not only contribute to the understanding of the relevant laws surrounding the ICT adoption in the courts but also, to assist the Malaysian judiciary and the Malaysian Bar Council in dealing with the risks entailing such ICT adoption. Future research is suggested to be carried out using a quantitative approach to quantify such implications, the implication of ICT at other public offices such as the prison, and a comparative study to be carried out with other jurisdictions such as Australia, United States and Singapore. 2016 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19505/1/TP_ANI%20MUNIRAH%20MOHAMAD%20LW%2016_5.pdf Mohamad, Ani Munirah (2016) The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad. PhD thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. |
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The ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts has been problematic and raises several
implications, involving both legal and non-legal ones, such as technical,
organisational and social. Previous research in Malaysia had not addressed the said
implications. Within this context, the central arguments of this research are two-folds:
firstly, the implementation of ICT in the Malaysian courts has impacted not only on
the users and courts but also raises a variety of legal, technical, organisational and
social implications. Secondly, the lack of legal sanctions to most of the existing ICT
applications in the Malaysian courts suggests that law will eventually lag far behind
technology and will remain so in the near future. Guided by this thesis, this study aims
at examining the implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts on the users
and the courts; the implications of the ICT adoption on the laws in Malaysia as
compared to that in England and Wales; the theories of unified acceptance and use of
technology and risks perception in informing the research; and to propose for the
strengthening and improving the delivery of the justice system in the Malaysian civil
courts through ICT adoption. Adopting a qualitative research, this study engaged both
the primary data obtained from five case studies and the secondary data obtained
using the doctrinal approach. The evidence from the research is extensively reported
in Chapter Five. The doctrinal analysis of the legal implications of the adoption of
ICT in the courts in the United Kingdom as well as Malaysia is presented in Chapters
Three and Four respectively. The research found that there are various implications of
ICT adoption in the Malaysian courts, as well as the courts in England and Wales,
involving both legal and non-legal implications. The research further found that the
theories of UTAUT and risks perception have rightly mediated the understanding of
the researcher of the benefits and risks involved in the adoption of ICT at the courts.
And finally, the research also found that the existing laws in Malaysia involving the
Rules of Court 2012 and the Criminal Procedure Code would need to be reviewed on
the rules encouraging ICT, electronic legal service of court documents, electronic
filing by e-mail, court recording, audio and video conference and proper handling of
digital signatures. This study will not only contribute to the understanding of the
relevant laws surrounding the ICT adoption in the courts but also, to assist the
Malaysian judiciary and the Malaysian Bar Council in dealing with the risks entailing
such ICT adoption. Future research is suggested to be carried out using a quantitative
approach to quantify such implications, the implication of ICT at other public offices
such as the prison, and a comparative study to be carried out with other jurisdictions
such as Australia, United States and Singapore. |
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The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad |
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The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad |
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The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad |
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The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad |
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The implications of ICT adoption in the Malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in England and Wales / Ani Munirah Mohamad |
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implications of ict adoption in the malaysian civil courts: with special reference to the legal position in england and wales / ani munirah mohamad |
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