WATANIC JURISPRUDENCE: ARTICULATING THE LEGITIMATE ELEMENTS OF THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

• DOI: 10.31436/iiumlj.v29i1.650
• Publication Date: 2021-06-30T09:37:09Z
• Authors: Wan Ahmad Fauzi ...
• Keywords: Oath

The doctrine of the basic structure a constitution would be undisputable if those elements thereunder are clear and representing facts our local history, nationhood, principle rule law. Former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad argued that introduced by Indian Supreme Court contradicts Article 159 Federal Constitution beyond competent jurisdiction courts. Hence, this article puts forward conceptual framework adopted in case Indira Gandhi to articulate summed therein viewed from watanic jurisprudence. jurisprudence analyses legal documents sources sovereignty based upon two philosophical worldviews; continuum dichotomous frameworks relying history context present provisions country. Depending on broad purposive manner proper linguistic, philosophic, historical contexts Malaysian documents, legitimate as embedded oath office Yang di-Pertuan Agong together with matters aggregated 38(4), 159(5) 161E. thus legitimizes Syariah compliance Malaysia also expressly protects its strict conditional amendments. In conclusion, must circumstances constitutional supremacy