Does the law prevent access to justice? (access to civil justice in the Malaysian courts)

Mohamed Abdullah, Abu Haniffa (2007) Does the law prevent access to justice? (access to civil justice in the Malaysian courts). In: The 4th Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Conference "Voice from asia for a just and equitable world", 24-25 May 2007, Depok, Indonesia.

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Abstract

This paper intends to explore some laws, rules of court and practices which restrict access to justice or deny justice or lead to miscarriage of justice using the common law adversary system in the Malaysian civil courts. The topics to be covered are couse of action, statues of limitation, restrictions on right of appeal, abuse of judicial discretion, restrictions arising from rules of pleadings, failures of the adversary system and public policy decisions although there are many more for which there is no space in this paper.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	/26286
Uncontrolled Keywords:	civil justice
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
Depositing User:	Yusnizar Fuad
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2013 11:51
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 11:51
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/26286

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