UM Law Constitution Bulletin

April 2020
Rays and Rains at Home

Malaysian Bar Urges Authorities Not to Overzealous in Punishing MCO Violations.

Ismail Sabri: Over 1,000 Arrested Nationwide for Flouting MCO. 
Chief Justice: Judiciary Equipped to Conduct Online hearing of Civil Cases.
Law & Behold: Podcast
Law & Behold #21: Freedom of Movement: Covid-19 and the Movement Control Order.
Article 9 of The Federal Constitution provides that citizens have the right to freedom of movement. The State can however, lawfully restrict your freedom of movement for the purpose of national security, public order, public health or for the punishment of offenders. We take a look at what the Constitution says about the Movement Control Order, and what happens if you choose to ignore it, with Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Malaya and Lim Wei Jiet, a constitutional lawyer. 
Winds of Change
Constitutional Amendments

Call Off Remaining Two Days' Sitting of Sabah Assembly.

Sabah Assembly to Convene on April with Precautions.
Legislative Reforms

IGP Dismisses Claims of Helping Anyone 'Bypass' Travel Restrictions.

Long Arm of the Law is Coming for You, Ismail Sabri Warns Roadblock 'Escapees'.
Parliamentary Reforms

Penang's State Assembly Sitting on April 17 to be Cut Short Amid Covid-19 Pandemic.

'Regrettable' but Legal to Hold Only 1-Day Sitting, Says Constitutional Law Expert.

Parliament to Convene for just One Day on May 18.
Tides and Turbulences Abroad
Public Comments
Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi

Present Constitutional Dilemmas.

Matt Ehling

Shelter-in-place Strategy for Coronavirus Poses Constitutional, Economic Problems.

Andrew P. Napolitano


Taking Constitutional Rights Seriously During Covid-19 Pandemic.
Breaking At Dawn
Richard Albert,
Revolutionary Constitutionalism: Law, Legitimacy, Power (Hart, 2020).

 
Bruce Ackerman's path-breaking book on Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law puts him at the centre of the major subjects in public law today. From the promise and perils of populism to the causes and consequences of democratic backsliding, from the optimal models of constitutional design to the forms and limits of constitutional amendment, and from the role of courts in constitutional democracy to how we identify when the mythical "people" have spoken.

Ackerman's pioneering book was the focus of a major international conference held at the Yale Law School. The conference convened leading scholars in public law to engage critically with Ackerman's thesis. Some advanced it, others attacked it, and still others refined it but all agreed that the ideas in the books reset the terms of debate on the most important questions in constitutionalism today. This collection, edited by Richard Albert, emerges from the lively conference, and features a rebuttal chapter by Ackerman in which he responds directly to review essays by authors. 
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