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2 Malaysian J. Syariah & L. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/mlsnjl2 and id is 1 raw text is: MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF SYARIAH AND LAW VOL.2/2010 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER THE SHARI'AH, COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW SYSTEM: TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING By: Mashood A. Baderin* INTRODUCTION Your Royal Highness, Tunku Ampuan Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, Chancellor of the Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) (incidentally, an old SOAS Alumni); The USIM Dean of the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Professor (Dr.) Abdul Samat Musa; Respected Chairman; Learned Members of the Bench and Bar here present; Other Faculty Members and Academic Colleagues here present; Honourable Invited Guests; Students; Ladies and Gentlemen; - Assalaamu Alaykum; Selamat pagi; and Good morning. Please permit to start by expressing my gratefulness to the USIM Faculty of Syariah and Law, for this high academic honour of inviting me to give the 4th prestigious Annual Tuanku Najihah Syariah and Law Lecture this year. I feel highly honoured to be here and I greatly commend your efforts in trying to promote a better understanding of Shari'ah and Law through this annual lecture series. * Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law, SOAS, University of London. Email: mb78@soas.ac.uk . This is a revised and updated version of the paper delivered by the author at the 4th Tuanku Najihah Syariah and Law Lecture hosted by the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) in honour of her Royal Majesty Tuanku Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, in Kuala Lumpur on 14th July 2009. Although the adopted spelling in Malaysia is Syariah, the more generally used spelling Shari'ah would be used herein from this point onwards. © 2010 I Faculty of Syariah and Law ISSN 1985-7454 Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)