Casebook on Contempt of Court in Malaysia

Casebook on Contempt of Court in Malaysia

Book Details
  • Country : Malaysia
  • Format : Hardcover
  • ISBN : 9789670735306
  • Author : A Vijayalakshmi Venugopal
  • Publication Date : Oct - 2014

This casebook and its companion textbook are the first and only books available in Malaysia that contain a comprehensive review of all local contempt cases to draw out the legal principles governing the law of contempt across non-Syariah and Syariah courts in Malaysia. The textbook includes additionally a comprehensive review of all legislation containing contempt-related provisions in Malaysia.


  • Comprehensive review of authorities to draw out legal principles
  • Legal principles discussed under different categories and sub-categories of contempt
  1. Enables quick discovery of applicable and relevant case authorities dealing with specific contempt issue in question
  2. Helps reader to easily navigate the diverse forms of contempt
  • Textbook includes review of multiple statutes and wide range of cases to draw out legal principles
  1. Contempt-related provisions from over 50 legislations considered
  2. More than 100 cases on contempt considered
  • Pulls together a full range of reported contempt cases in Malaysia
  • More than 250 cases on contempt considered and meticulously indexed in casebook
  • Covers contempt cases in non-Syariah and Syariah courts

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