SUBJECT: LAW & POLITICS IN MALAYSIA

TOPIC : LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL CONTROL.

(*cite Malaysian case, relevant case. Short answer acceptable, as long as relevant answer)

QUESTION 1: "Political parties are inevitable. No free country has been without them. No one has shown how representative government could be worked without them". With reference to the above statement, critically explain whether political parties aid or hinder the successful working of democracy in today's challenging times?

QUESTION 2: "The State is a political system comprising all the people in a defined territory and possessing an organization with the power and authority to enforce its will upon its members, by resort, if necessary, to physical sanctions, and not subject in the like manner to the power and authority of another polity". [J. Donald Pennock and David G. Smith,Political Science]. In the light of the above statement, outline the political functions of a State?

QUESTION 3: Illustrate the application of the doctrine of separation of powers in the common law countries?

QUESTION 4: Explain whether the relationship between the judicial and executive bodies in Malaysia reflects the separation of powers?