Reflections on Life and the Law.
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Penerbit USM,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART I: PATHWAYS TO PERFORMANCE; No Easy Route to Success; Attitude Determines Altitude; Tips for Interviewees; Arshad
- A Legacy Remembered; Success and Significance; A Bridge Between Two Shores; PART II: THE CONSTITUTION: PROMISE, PERFORMANCE AND PROSPECTS; What Makes Malaysia Tick; Time to Count Our Blessings; Remembering Past Challenges; Nurturing Constitutional Patriotism; PART III: ISLAM, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM; Walking the Middle Path; Facing a Problem of Semantics.
- Reconciling Conflicting InterestsFinding the Path of Moderation; At Variance with the Constitution; Syariah Laws and the Federal Constitution; Islam and Modernity; More Sinned Against than Sinning; Standing Up for Religious Tolerance; Build Bridges, Not Walls; Bonding a Segmented Society; Storm in a Teacup; Walking the Harmony Line; PART IV: ETHNIC RELATIONS; Understanding the Social Contract; Constitutional Basis for National Unity; Reviving Our Winning Ways; Malaysia's Winning Formula; Towards a Shared Destiny; Malay Special Position; Problem of Defining a Malay.
- Native Status in Sabah and SarawakIncursions into Malay Reservations; Honouring Bahasa Melayu; Understanding the Spirit of Accommodation; Strengthening National Unity; PART V: ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
- THEORY VERSUS REALITY; Firm Pillar of Modern Democracy; That is Best which Works Best; Conditions for a Free and Fair Poll; Giving Effect to the People's Will; Gap Between Theory and Reality; Pros and Cons of Simple Plurality System; Colourful History of Right to Vote; Reforms to Enlarge the Electorate; Principles and Paradoxes of the Electoral Process.
- PART VI: POLITICS IN THE WAKE OF THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTION 2008Our Electoral System; Dissolution of Parliament, Caretaker Government and Constitutional Conventions; Making It to the Nation's Top Post; The 2008 Watershed Election; An Avalanche of Engaging Issues; Hot Issues Gripping Our Imagination; Coping with Party-Hopping; Legal Turmoil Over Perak Defections; Perak: An Avalanche of Legal Issues; Put Interest of the Nation First; PART VII: THE 13TH GENERAL ELECTION 2013; Relooking Ideals of Democracy; Emergency Powers of the Monarch; Legal Issues on the 13th General Election.
- Constitutional Posers for the 13th General ElectionA Hung Parliament: Governing Without a Majority; Royal Role in Appointing the Prime Minister; From Votes to Seats; Shaping of Post-GE13 Scenario; PART VIII: GOOD GOVERNANCE; Devising Control Mechanisms; Creating a Government that Works for All; Challenges of Good Governance in Malaysia; Filling the Wrong Pockets; Tracking Down the Truth; Royal Commission of Enquiry: Ferreting Out the Facts; Auditor's Annual Admonitions; Another Annual Admonition; PART IX: UNIVERSITIES AND THE LAW; Allowing Varsities to Soar; New Law Needed for APEX University.
