Why not? Dancing is an expression of joy. A judge is human. Why should a judge be deprived of joy? Yet, whether a judge could dance publicly would depend on the occasion, wouldn’t it? Which side of the line did the CJ and the AG tread last week?
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Public spats between ministers is on the rise. Is there a law against it? How does parliamentary democracy operate in these situations? If ministers feel strongly about something, what should they do? Should they express public dissent? These are good questions. What is the answer?
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In the last of his anecdotes, Justice Prasad Abraham, a former Federal Court Judge, recalls his days at the Bar - and his unusual experiences with some clients.
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Should homosexuality be a crime in Malaysia? Right now, it is a crime. Have no doubt about that. But it may not remain so for long. Homosexuality is usually defined as the romantic attraction, or sexual behavior, between members of the same gender. The Malaysian Penal Code defines it as something entirely different. It condemns it as an ‘unnatural offence’. Section 377A criminalises it as ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. The Malaysian ...
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