Enacting Promissory Estoppel into the Malaysian Law: Towards More Certainty in Litigation

On the Law of Certainty

That disquisitions on psychological topics should, to a great many persons, be devoid of interest, as having no moral or practical result, is one of the strongest evidences of the need of such inquiries, and betokens the undue sway which physical science, the inferior grade, the democracy of knowledge, exercises among us. To imagine that psychological inquiries are unprofitable speculations?a m...

Jurisprudence , law and certainty in

With different nuances and from diverse analyses, scholars agree to maintain that the interaction of law and natural philosophy contributed to originate distinctive conceptual categories such as facts, certainty, and probability during the early-modern period. From this historiographical account, Francis Bacon has been highlighted as one of the most influential authors who merged legal thinking...

World Litigation Law and Practice

This review states that the two volumes, “World Litigation law and Practice” and Unit B ”Europe” are an up-to-date publication and thus a welcomed event. It goes on to explain how the two studies attempt to provide not only details as to the civil procedure of the country concerned, but also information concerning the general institutional background in which civil litigation takes place. After...

Malaysian mental health law

The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community men...

Choice of Law in Fraudulent Joinder Litigation