tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post4892180179341651188..comments2024-03-19T10:46:51.070+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: My thoughts (as a citizen) on Lord Sumption's Azlan Shah lectureObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-51109012218178314972013-12-04T23:22:16.239+00:002013-12-04T23:22:16.239+00:00Link to article January 2013<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/high-court-judge-calls-for-judicial-independence-and-media-responsibility/" rel="nofollow">Link to article January 2013</a>ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-60101207008839300682013-12-04T22:16:23.375+00:002013-12-04T22:16:23.375+00:001988 Crisis<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Malaysian_constitutional_crisis" rel="nofollow">1988 Crisis</a>ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-61724077634758570892013-12-04T22:15:00.289+00:002013-12-04T22:15:00.289+00:00No doubt the Malaysian authorities would say that ...No doubt the Malaysian authorities would say that the 'crisis' 25 years ago no longer matters but I found it interesting to see <a rel="nofollow">this report</a> back in January 2013. I have not seen any specific comment relating to choice of speech at this particular venue.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-73703665963324550582013-12-04T22:02:27.681+00:002013-12-04T22:02:27.681+00:00Salleh Abas<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salleh_Abas" rel="nofollow">Salleh Abas</a>ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-9031730450407013322013-12-04T21:54:01.007+00:002013-12-04T21:54:01.007+00:00Has the fact that Mr Sumption chose to make a spee...Has the fact that Mr Sumption chose to make a speech about Human Rights and the Law in *Malaysia* occasioned any comment? - since that country is a glaring example of how a Common Law legal system can be undermined by a Parliamentary government bent on silencing any dissent from people it fears, such as an independent judiciary, especially that judiciary's senior judges (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Malaysian_constitutional_crisis and links).<br /><br />Perhaps during his no doubt agreeable sojourn in KL, Mr Sumption met Tun Salleh Abas amongst other Malaysian ex-judges - then again, perhaps not.<br /><br />Westenglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044799705613669714noreply@blogger.com