Business law
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH KAMPUS ANTARABANGSA LABUAN
BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT
Date of submission: 4th of April
Lecturer: Madam Yanti Ahmad Shafiee
Name of Course: Business Law (GT01103)
2. Describe the Malaysian legal system. Give your opinion as to its role in assisting Malaysian government in running the country. As an introduction, Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. The aim of law is to attain justice and to encourage the doing of what is right or just in a particular set of circumstances. By the way, the law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. Malaysia has three main bodies in the country’s administrative system are executive, the legislative and the judiciary and each has its own role. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states with a Federal Constitution and 13 State Constitution. The Federal Constitution provides for the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong who owes his position to the Constitution and act accordance with it. The Constitution can only be changed by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the legislature. The Federal Constitution comprises many Articles concerning the religion of the federation and many other related subjects. Besides the Federal Constitution, there is a state constitution where each state has their own constitution regulating the government of that state.
Malaysia, which consists of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and, Sarawak is one political unit, but it is not exactly governed by the same set of laws. There is two important links which is the Parliament and Federal Court. The Parliament can and does legislate for the whole country while the Federal Court acts as a final court of appeal for the whole country. The Federal laws are made by the legislative (members of Parliament and senators) sitting in the Parliament of Malaysia and applies nationwide. The Federal law is the supreme law of the land that
BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT
Date of submission: 4th of April
Lecturer: Madam Yanti Ahmad Shafiee
Name of Course: Business Law (GT01103)
2. Describe the Malaysian legal system. Give your opinion as to its role in assisting Malaysian government in running the country. As an introduction, Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. The aim of law is to attain justice and to encourage the doing of what is right or just in a particular set of circumstances. By the way, the law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. Malaysia has three main bodies in the country’s administrative system are executive, the legislative and the judiciary and each has its own role. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states with a Federal Constitution and 13 State Constitution. The Federal Constitution provides for the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong who owes his position to the Constitution and act accordance with it. The Constitution can only be changed by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the legislature. The Federal Constitution comprises many Articles concerning the religion of the federation and many other related subjects. Besides the Federal Constitution, there is a state constitution where each state has their own constitution regulating the government of that state.
Malaysia, which consists of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and, Sarawak is one political unit, but it is not exactly governed by the same set of laws. There is two important links which is the Parliament and Federal Court. The Parliament can and does legislate for the whole country while the Federal Court acts as a final court of appeal for the whole country. The Federal laws are made by the legislative (members of Parliament and senators) sitting in the Parliament of Malaysia and applies nationwide. The Federal law is the supreme law of the land that