Criminal law protects an orderly society

By PROF MADYA DR SHAMRAHAYU A. AZIZ

But the debate about whether an immoral act can be criminalised will probably never end.

CRIMES and criminal law are societal definitions: they are recreated, affirmed, and mobilised in the daily lives of ordinary citizens.

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