countdown 7days~~~legal system

1 malaysian legal system

a written law
-federal constitution
-state constitution
-legislation
-subsidiary legislation
b unwritten law
-english common law
-custom
-islamic law
-judicial precedent



3 statutory interpretatoin
-literal rule
-golden rule
-mischief rule
-ejusdem generis rule

4 hierarchy of the court system

5 judicial precedent
high court follwed by lower in hierarchy of court system
importance
1.help achieve certainly n uniformity
2.more practical-based on situation
3.flexibility

avoiding precedent
1.judge may avoiding follow ealier precedent if the case was decided [per incuriam]
2.lack of care
3.changing needs of society
 ratio v obiter
ratio decidendi=legal reason
obiterdicta=opinion

operation of the doctrine in malaysia
1.english court=privy council,commonwealth country
2.malaysia court=federal court,court of appeal








6 human right