The Political Judgment in the Judiciary System in Malaysia

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1 Faculty of Law, FUU, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

2 Al-Mustaqbal University College, Iraq

چکیده

The Malaysian judiciary is deeply connected with political influence in reality. Malaysia’s democratic system follows upon a government in charge of administration of the country, and has rights to take part in amendments and legislating process of constitutional provisions. Furthermore, the 1988 crisis marked the beginning of the judiciary’s darkest path where the Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas was being removed for the sake of the ruling party at that time. In 2008, the Malaysian government under the former Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad influenced the judicial institution through constitutional amendment. This paper seeks to address the issues arised through judicial decision making by influence of politics, in ethics, jurisprudence theory and critique on its appropriation to allow political judgement and how Malaysia has overcome the crisis of judicial independence. Our findings conclude that Malaysia has made proper attempts to combat corruption and political influence in the judiciary institution. Although public perception has yet to prevail, in years to come the integrity in the judiciary will increase as the current judicial administration under Yang Amat Arif Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat illustrates an honest and fair view of the law for all.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

The Political Judgment in the Judiciary System in Malaysia

نویسندگان [English]

  • Nurin Qistina Binti Izarudin Shah 1
  • Nur Ashsyifa' Aqila Binti Mohd Yusof 1
  • Jady Zaidi Hassim 1
  • Thamer Rmadhan Ameen 2
1 Faculty of Law, FUU, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
2 Al-Mustaqbal University College, Iraq
چکیده [English]

The Malaysian judiciary is deeply connected with political influence in reality. Malaysia’s democratic system follows upon a government in charge of administration of the country, and has rights to take part in amendments and legislating process of constitutional provisions. Furthermore, the 1988 crisis marked the beginning of the judiciary’s darkest path where the Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas was being removed for the sake of the ruling party at that time. In 2008, the Malaysian government under the former Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad influenced the judicial institution through constitutional amendment. This paper seeks to address the issues arised through judicial decision making by influence of politics, in ethics, jurisprudence theory and critique on its appropriation to allow political judgement and how Malaysia has overcome the crisis of judicial independence. Our findings conclude that Malaysia has made proper attempts to combat corruption and political influence in the judiciary institution. Although public perception has yet to prevail, in years to come the integrity in the judiciary will increase as the current judicial administration under Yang Amat Arif Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat illustrates an honest and fair view of the law for all.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Politics
  • Separation of Power
  • Democracy
  • Integrity
  • Ethics
  • Judicial
  • Federal Constitution

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فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک
دوره 19، شماره ویژه
تیر 1402
صفحه 167-188

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  • تاریخ دریافت: 03 اردیبهشت 1402
  • تاریخ بازنگری: 02 تیر 1402
  • تاریخ پذیرش: 24 تیر 1402

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