Discrimination against an illegitimate child according to law and society

• Main Authors: Ainur Nadhrah Roslan,, Nik Sarah Adilah Abdul Aziz,, Fathin Izzati Mohd Shaharudin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fakulti Undang-Undang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17821/1/ARTICLE%203.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17821/; http://www.ukm.my/cli/2021-3-cli/

The status on the legitimacy of a child has been an on-going issue in Malaysia for a long time whereby an illegitimate child is considered as filius nullius or the son of nobody under the law. Their status are also different compare to a legitimate child whereby an illegitimate child is only left wi...