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2 Malaysian J. Syariah & L. 1 (2010)

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MALAYSIAN  JOURNAL OF SYARIAH AND  LAW VOL.2/2010


     ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER THE SHARI'AH,
     COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW SYSTEM: TOWARDS A
                    BETTER   UNDERSTANDING



                                 By:
                         Mashood  A. Baderin*



INTRODUCTION


Your Royal Highness, Tunku Ampuan   Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar
Burhanuddin,  Chancellor of the Islamic Science University of Malaysia
(USIM)  (incidentally, an old SOAS Alumni); The USIM Dean of the Faculty
of Syariah and Law, Professor (Dr.) Abdul Samat Musa; Respected Chairman;
Learned Members  of the Bench and Bar here present; Other Faculty Members
and Academic  Colleagues here present; Honourable Invited Guests; Students;
Ladies and  Gentlemen; - Assalaamu  Alaykum;  Selamat  pagi; and Good
morning.
     Please permit to start by expressing my gratefulness to the USIM Faculty
of Syariah and Law, for this high academic honour of inviting me to give the
4th prestigious Annual Tuanku Najihah Syariah and Law Lecture this year. I
feel highly honoured to be here and I greatly commend your efforts in trying to
promote  a better understanding of Shari'ah and Law through this annual
lecture series.


* Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law, SOAS, University of London.
Email: mb78@soas.ac.uk . This is a revised and updated version of the paper delivered
by the author at the 4th Tuanku Najihah Syariah and Law Lecture hosted by the Faculty
of Syariah and Law, Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) in honour of her
Royal Majesty Tuanku Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, in Kuala
Lumpur on 14th July 2009.
  Although the adopted spelling in Malaysia is Syariah, the more generally used
spelling Shari'ah would be used herein from this point onwards.

©  2010 I Faculty of Syariah and Law                     ISSN 1985-7454


Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)

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