ON Wednesday, March 13, the Education Ministry issued a directive for school canteens to remain open during Ramadan, particularly in schools that have non-Muslim students.

The law is not a changeless code but needs constant growth to cater to the felt necessities of the times.

“JUDGES rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to the pressures of the time,” said Warren E. Burger, an attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.

THE eagerly awaited press statement by the Federal Territories Pardons Board on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s petition for pardon has generated intense controversy.

IT is Christmas today and the new year is around the corner.

THE Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya and prominent law firm Chooi & Company relaunched their Constitution and Rule of Law Series last Thursday at the Auditorium Tun Mohamed Suf­fian.

States do not have authority to empower syariah courts with powers the states themselves do not possess.

IN all of the 25 or so federal systems in the world, occasional conflicts of interest between the ­federal and regional governments are unavoidable. Malaysia is no exception.

MALAYSIA’S system of an elected, rotational monarchy at the fede­ral level is unique and one of a kind in the world.

THOUGH 66 years old, our nation has not yet developed a shared constitutional culture. The Constitution has not yet become the chart and compass and the sail and anchor of our nation’s legal endeavours.

ON Saturday, The Star reported that the Higher Education Ministry has drawn up guidelines for entertainment activities including concerts at higher educational institutions. However, due to some backlash, the ministry is graciously reviewing these guidelines (“Relook at concerts in universities”; online at bit.ly/star_relook).

Parliament is not powerless to deal with outsiders, MPs or ministers who obstruct it in its role as the grand inquest of the nation.