Right to freedom of speech, from freedom to right: is the Malaysian judiciary ready to raise the standard? / Ahmad Suman

• Main Author: Suman, Ahmad
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
• Subjects: J General legislative and executive papers; K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55436/1/55436.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55436/

The aim of this paper is to look into the judicial approach adopted by the Malaysian courts in interpreting the constitutional provisions in respect of the right to freedom of speech and expression. Judicial approach is legal principles within which a judge finds support to his reasoning in formulat...