Right to bail: special emphasis on criminal offences in Malaysia / Maziah Yong

• Main Author: Yong, Maziah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Law 1986
• Subjects: K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence; KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia)
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28107/2/28107.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28107/

Bail is believed to have evolved from a practice which goes back to Pre-Norman England and its history could be traced from the beginning of the reign of Edward I. In those days, it was the sheriffs who had the power of arrest and bail and the administration of justice was in their hands. At that ti...