IRINI IBRAHIM

LL.B (Hons) (UM), LL.M (UM)

019-6674315
irini_ibrahim@yahoo.com
irini@salam.uitm.edu.my

1.0 COURSE OBJECTIVE

Upon completing the course , students will be expected to able to :
1.1 critically study the essence and roles of politics and law in society
1.2 analyse the nature of state and politics and their influences on law.
1.3 survey the major concepts, ideas and trends related to law and
politics.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This subject is a study on the relationship between politics and law.

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The analytical school

The historical school
The sociological school
Other school
The sources of law

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Essentialities of a state
Foundation theories of state
The emergence of modern state
Hobbes
Locks
Rousseau, and others

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Characteristics of sovereignty
Legal and political sovereignty
Theories of sovereignty
Liberties

1 Law
2 Instruments of politics and power

Theory of doctrine of separation of powers

The nature and roles of legislature, executive
and Judiciary.

Law as an instrument of social control.

The roles of legislature, executive and judiciary

in the distribution and use of powers.

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2.

Delegated legislation
Accountability and law

Power, authority, influence, force and their

influence on law and vice versa.

1 Problems
2 Prospects

1 Factors governing solidification and

disintegration of sources of power of a state.
2 Reasons for stability and instability of a state
3 Law and the state of Malaya : an historical
analysis

 Rule of Law in Malaysia

Law and politics in Malaysia : Mahathirs Thoughts

and Policies.

6.1
Edited by Shellabear,W.G. Sejarah Melayu,
Petaling Jaya: Penerbit Fajar Bakti, 1984.
6.2
Liaw Tock Fang, Undang- Undang Melaka,
The Hague : B. V Bederlansche Boeken
Steendrukkerij,1976.
6.3
Raja Hj Ahmad dan Raja Ali Haji Tuhfat Al
Nafiz,Edited by Virginia Matheson, Kuala Lumpur :
Penerbit Fajar Bakti ,1982.
6.4
Mohd Yusof Mohd Nor, Salasilah Melayu and
Bugis, Petaling Jaya ; Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn Bhd 1984.
6.5
Edited by Kassim Ahmad, Hikayat Hang Tuah,
Kuala Lumpur : Penerbitan Pustaka Antara 1969

6.6 S.H. Bailey , D.J. Harris and B. L. Jones (ed) Civil

Liberties: Cases and Materials, London : Butterworths, 1985.
6.7 R.G Chaturvedi , Natural and Social Justice, Allahabad :
Law Book Company,1975.
6.8 George C. Christine Law, Norms and Authroity , London:
Duckworth, 1982
6.9 R.W.M Dias Jurisprudence, London : Butterworths, 1985.
6.10
P.J. Fitzgerald Salmond on Jurisprudence, London :
Sweet and Maxwell.
6.11
H.A.G. Griffith The Politics of Judiciary, Gontana
Press,1985
6.12
Lord Lloyd of Hampstead and M.D.A. Freeman
(ed) Introduction to Jurisprudence, London : Stevens & Sons
Ltd. 1985.

6.13
J.W. Harris Legal Philosophies, London
6.14
Tun Mohamad Suffian, H.P Lee and F.A
Tridade ( ed) The Constitution of Malaysia Its
Development : 1957-1977, Kuala Lumpur : Oxford
University Oxford University.
6.15
F.A Trindade and H.P. Lee (ed) The
Constitution of Malaysia: Further Perspective and
Developments, Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University
Press,1986
6.16
Philip Shuchman and Cohen (ed) Cohens
Reading in Jurisprudence and
Legal Philosopphy,
Boston and Toronto: Little , Brown and
Company,1979.

6.17
Harry Street and Rodney Brazier, De
smiths Constitutional and Administrative Law,
Penguin Books, 1986
6.18
E.C.S. Wade and Bradley Constitutional
and Administrative Law, London and
New York
: Longmans, 1986.

David Kairys, The Politics of Law : A Progressive Critique,

New York; Longmans, 1986
C.B. Macpherson The Rise and Fall of Economic Justice and
Other Essays, Oxford : Oxford University Press,1987

A.Appadorai The substance of Politics,Madras: Oxford

University Press,1985
Aliran Kesedaran, Reflections on the Malaysian Negara
Constitution, published 1972
Geofferey Marshall Constitutional Theory, Oxford :
Clarendon Press,1971.

John Ralws, A Theory of Justice, Oxford : Clarendon

Press,1972

Ucapan pilihan Dr Mahathir Mohamad , Politik,

Demokrasi dan Asia Baru