Malaysia Legal System
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
What is Law
Law is needed to ensure good conduct of people and peace in society. Therefore, government makes necessary laws whenever needed. Law is an obligatory rule of conduct. Government makes law to regulate the conduct of people in society. Law requires that people should behave well with fellow members in society and must abide by social and ethical rules together with legislative laws made by Parliament.
Law is obligatory for every body. Every person in society must follow law unless he will be liable for violating or neglecting law. Law imposes duties on people to do something or to abstain from doing something in the interest of society. He has social and ethical duty to take care of other people’s rights. He has duty not to commit offences such as theft, robbery, extortion, beating, murder, arson, vandalism, terrorism etc.
Law is obligatory for everybody even ministers and kings are bound to observe laws of Malaysia while conducting personal and official activities. All persons are equal before law and every body is bound to follow law. If a person violates law and commit some wrongdoings, police department will take action against the person. Police will arrest him and prosecute him in the court and he might be fined or jailed or both for violating law. That’s why it is said that law has coercive force meaning that law can force a person to observe law.
How can law force a person to observe law? Suppose, you are negligently driving and hit another car on the high way. The other car is damaged and the driver gets injury. If you have motor insurance your insurance company may pay the repairing cost of your and the other car. If the insurance company does not provide cost for repair of the injured person’s car, his treatment and hospitalization of the injured driver, you will be responsible to pay damages to the injured driver to meet his treatment and
INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
What is Law
Law is needed to ensure good conduct of people and peace in society. Therefore, government makes necessary laws whenever needed. Law is an obligatory rule of conduct. Government makes law to regulate the conduct of people in society. Law requires that people should behave well with fellow members in society and must abide by social and ethical rules together with legislative laws made by Parliament.
Law is obligatory for every body. Every person in society must follow law unless he will be liable for violating or neglecting law. Law imposes duties on people to do something or to abstain from doing something in the interest of society. He has social and ethical duty to take care of other people’s rights. He has duty not to commit offences such as theft, robbery, extortion, beating, murder, arson, vandalism, terrorism etc.
Law is obligatory for everybody even ministers and kings are bound to observe laws of Malaysia while conducting personal and official activities. All persons are equal before law and every body is bound to follow law. If a person violates law and commit some wrongdoings, police department will take action against the person. Police will arrest him and prosecute him in the court and he might be fined or jailed or both for violating law. That’s why it is said that law has coercive force meaning that law can force a person to observe law.
How can law force a person to observe law? Suppose, you are negligently driving and hit another car on the high way. The other car is damaged and the driver gets injury. If you have motor insurance your insurance company may pay the repairing cost of your and the other car. If the insurance company does not provide cost for repair of the injured person’s car, his treatment and hospitalization of the injured driver, you will be responsible to pay damages to the injured driver to meet his treatment and