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Introduction to the Malaysian Legal System and Sources of Law
Books
Malaysian legal system
by
Sharifah Suhana Ahmad
Publication Date: 1999
The Constitution of Malaysia
by
Andrew Harding; Benjamin L. Berger; Heinz Klug; Peter Leyland; Rosalind Dixon
Publication Date: 2022
Databases
BERITA
Provides extensive coverage of articles on Malaysia, Singapore and other South-east Asian countries.
Law Reviews and Journals (via LexisNexis)
Full text journal database covering multiple jurisdictions.
World Journals (via Westlaw)
Includes journal articles from multiple jurisdictions.
Asian Law Online
An online bibliographic database of Asian law materials.
BERITA
Provides extensive coverage of articles on Malaysia, Singapore and other South-east Asian countries.
Legislation
Constitutional law
World Constitutions Illustrated
Contains full text of Constitution, plus selected commentaries, scholarly articles and bibliography.
Acts and regulations
Malaysia Federal Legislation
Contains Federal Constitution, the current Acts of Parliament, as well as subsidiary legislation: PA (A) and PU (B).
Malaysian Legislation (Via Natlex)
Includes national labour, social security and related human rights legislation.
Bills and parliamentary material
Parliament of Malaysia
Select English-language option on top-right hand side. Bills can be accessed via Senate or House of Representatives.
Case law
Malaysia (via LexisNexis)
Contains reported cases from 1932 and unreported cases from 1991. Includes the Malayan Law Journal.
Courts and case law (via WorldLII)
Select English-language judgments from the Court of Appeal, Federal Court, and High Court.
Case citators
Lawcite
Lawcite is a freely available case citator service developed by Austlii. It is used to locate judgements, to find how a decision has been subsequently dealt with and to identify journal articles referring to the case.
Malayan Law Journal
General series of law reports containing cases from Federal Court, Court of Appeal, Malaysian High Court from 1932.
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