Was the dissolution lawful, and how far may a court go? The architecture of royal non-justiciability, explained neutrally.
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Can a 1982 ouster clause still keep the courts out? Eighty years of common-law authority, laid before the bench.
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A constitutional storm turning on a headcount: was Mubarak still an Undang when the four chiefs acted?
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Who may lawfully remove Negeri Sembilan’s ruler — the grounds, the enquiry, and the signature the chiefs cannot skip.
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How the 1959 constitution actually works: the composite Ruler, the four electors, and the clause built to silence courts.
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Negeri Sembilan is Malaysia’s only state that elects its ruler. Here is the six-century machine behind the throne.
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A royal pardon is not always what it seems. Nor are all pardons born equal. This essay sets Anwar’s legal clean slate against Najib’s trimmed sentence, and asks what that reveals about power, process, and the Malaysian Constitution. Along the way, it shows how two decisions of the Pardons Board produced strikingly different outcomes in law, politics, and public meaning – a tale of delays, denials, and enduring debates.
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In Malaysia, if a car is validly insured when an accident happens, the insurer must pay the victim. Compulsory-insurance legislation, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau Agreements, and consumer-protection reforms now make post‑accident cancellations and technical excuses very difficult. The whole scheme is designed to protect injured people, not insurers’ balance sheets.
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Can a King’s mercy bypass constitutional procedure? In a landmark ruling, Justice Alice Loke says, “No”. She affirms that even royal prerogatives must give way to Constitutional 'due process'.
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When a professional is found guilty of multiple misconducts, should a disciplinary body impose separate punishments for each offence, and then add them up, or just impose a single punishment for all? What if the offences occurred during the same incident, or at different times? How should the appropriate punishment be decided?
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