Law and Society in Malaysia

Pluralism, Religion and Ethnicity

• Author(s): Andrew Harding, Dian A. H. Shah,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 258
• ISBN_10: 1351357654
  ISBN_13: 9781351357654
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Law / Jurisprudence , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Law / International ,

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This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines legal issues from historical, social, and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics, and society. It shows how the Malaysian legal system is at the heart of debates about how to deal with the country's problems, which include ethnic and religious divisions, uneven and unsustainable development, and political authoritarianism; and it argues that the Malaysian legal system has much to teach other plural polities, nations within the common law tradition, and federal states.