Question

FBB2513● PRINCIPLES OF LAW

Department : Faculty of Business Management & Globalization

Course Name : Foundation in Information Technology & Business

Semester : 3

Commence Date : Week 5

Deadline Date : Week 10 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Unit Controller / Examiner : Norlaili Binti Mohd Basri

Contact Number : 8404

E-mail : norlaili.basri@limkokwing.edu.my

Question

Law is made up of words and every words or combination of words provides a certain meaning. If a law has to serve its purpose, it must be constructed with the right words by the legal draftsmen/drafters.

To make law more meaningful and useful in its purpose, interpretation of the law becomes necessary and the judiciary is the competent body to interpret statutes.

In view of the above statement, discuss judicial interpretation of statutes and the various techniques of interpretation in Malaysian Legal system.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this individual assignment is to enable the students to appreciate the important role play how the intrepretation of the law is made. The techniques of how the judiciary are expected to be explored.

EXPECTED OUTCOME

i) Students are expected to understand and appreciate the intrepretation process.

ii) Students are expected to understand the techniques or concept adopted by the judiciary during the intrepretation of the law.

Guidelines:

· The students will be assessed on relevancy of contents, ability to analyse and organization of the assignment.

· Sources are to be quoted according to the Harvard style of quoting references.

· Conclusion should include the students’ understanding of the topic and also recommendations and suggestions wherever relevant.

· This written assignment carries 20% of your final assessment.

Details:

· Font : Times New Roman

· Size : 12

· Spacing : 1.5

· Pages : 9 pages at least

· Submitted in a bound report, complete with accompanying cover page.

Very Important Instruction to Students

This is an individual assignment; students MUST adhere to the due date of submission set by the lecturer. Delay of submission of assignments without a valid reason will NOT be tolerated!! If the lecturer finds reasonable evidence that two or more students have copied from one another, or fail to quote the references, students involved will get 0% for the entire assignment.

Assessment: