Constitutional landmarks in Malaysia : the first 50 years, 1957-2007 / contributors, Abdul Aziz Bari ... [et al.] ; edited by Andrew Harding and H.P. Lee. - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia : Malayan Law Journal : LexisNexis, c2007. - xxvi, 332 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"Table of cases": p. xix-xxii. "Table of statutes": p. xxiii-xxvi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The road to merdeka. - 2. From Malaya to Malaysia. - 3. The Kelantan challenge. - 4. Singapore: in and out of the Federation. - 5. The Ningkan sage: a chief minister in the eye of a storm. - 6. The Karam Singh case. - 7. The May 13th riots and emergency rule. - 8. The Rukunegara Amendments of 1971. - 9. The emergency powers (Kelantan) ACT 1977. - 10. The Teh Cheng Poh case. - 11. The 1983 constitutional crisis. - 12. The Sabah constitutional cases 1985-1986: conventions, justiciability and democratic governance. - 13. The 1988 judiciary crisis and its aftermath. - 14. Jurisdictional Imbroglio: Civil and religious couts, turf wars and article 121(1A) of the Federal constitution. - 15. The 1993 constitutional crisis: A redefinition of the monarchy's role and position? - 16. Suhakam: the National Human rights commission. - 17. The orang asli cases and property rights. - 18. The saga of Anwar Ibrahim - 19. Constitutional landmarks and constitutional signposts: some reflections on the first fifty years. - Biography.

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Constitutional history--Malaysia.

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