This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary examination of law and legal institutions in Malaysia. It examines Malaysian legal issues from historical, social and political perspectives, and discusses the role of law in relation to Malaysian multiculturalism, religion, politics and society.

Andrew Harding is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.

Dian A. H. Shah is a research fellow at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), National University of Singapore, and a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

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List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 The Creation of Greater Malaysia: Law, Politics, Ethnicity, and Religion

Kevin Y. L. Tan

2 Malaysia's Blocked Social Contract Debate

Rueban Ratna Balasubramaniam

3 Dimensions of Ketuanan Melayu in the Malaysian Constitutional Framework

Wilson T. V. Tay

4 'Nazrinian' Monarchy in Malaysia: The Resilience and Revival of a Traditional Institution

Andrew Harding

5 The Particular in the Universal: Negotiating the Right to Education and Cultural-Linguistic Rights of Minority Children in East Malaysia

Jaclyn L. C. Neo

6 Legal Pluralism in Malaysia: The Case of Iban Native Customary Rights in Sarawak

Yogeswaran Subramaniam

7 Religion, Conversions, and Custody: Battles in the Malaysian Appellate Courts

Dian A. H. Shah

8 The Rise of 'Islamic' Sexual Morality and State Power in Malaysia

Tan Beng Hui

9 Justice and Enforcement Agencies Personnel in Malaysia and their Views on Domestic Violence, Marriage, and Religion

Noraida Endut and Intan Hashimah Mohamed Hashim

10 Political and Religious Hegemony via the Suppression of Expression: Book Banning and Film Censorship in Malaysia

Azmi Sharom and Saw Tiong Guan

Index