A comparison of constitutional adjudication institutions in Malaysia and Indonesia

• Main Authors: Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin, Satriawan, Iwan, Muhammad, Nur Islami
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: K Law (General); KPG Malaysia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/62225/1/JSSH%28S%29-0538-2017%20%28ACCEPTANCE%20LETTER%29%2017.8.2018%20%281%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62225/9/62225_A%20Comparison%20of%20Constitutional%20Adjudication_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62225/15/62225_A%20comparison%20of%20constitutional%20adjudication%20institutions%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Indonesia_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62225/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/index.php
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The tyranny of the majority against the rights of the minority is warded off by constitutional safeguards enforced primarily by the court. This is one of the reasons why Malaysia and Indonesia adopt the doctrine of constitutional supremacy when they achieved independence in 1957 and in 1945 respecti...