Language disadvantage in Malaysian litigation and arbitration

Based on extensive observations of courtroom proceedings and more limited observations of arbitration practice, this study compares how each system approaches language disadvantage. In Malaysian common law the usual constraints on courtroom discourse, institutionalised by de jure rules of speaking a...

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Main Author: Hashim, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2011
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/8653/1/Language_Disadvantage_in_Malaysian_Litigation_and_Arbitration.pdf