NOW that we have a new Education Minister, hopefully some fundamental questions will be asked about the role of our universities, where Malaysian tertiary education stands and where it ought to go.

IN the post GE14 milieu, freedom is in the air and many citizens are demanding reforms to our system of governance. Out of the hundreds of proposals that have been submitted, some relate to improving the institutional efficacy of our elected legislature.

Malaysians are hopeful that the new Attorney General will help return the nation’s basic charter to its revered position.

GE14 has taught us all a valuable life lesson that one person standing strong can turn the tide of history. The election has also thrown up some fascinating issues of constitutional law that require reflection.

The Constitution provides very little guidance for navigating the murky world of government formation.

FOR the 14th time in our nation’s history, the electorate will have the chance, on May 9, to participate in democracy’s greatest showcase event – the exercise by the people of their right to choose their govern­ment.

Some judges have already planted the seeds of human rights activism.

A COLLEAGUE requested me to give a guest talk to her students on “Constitution, Law & Society”. I began by pointing out that as with all laws, the relationship between the constitution and society is one of interdependence. They shape each other in innumerable ways.

Under Tunku and the PMs after him, Malaysia has successfully used the economy to bind its people.

The Federal Constitution’s core values are not words in the sand to be washed away by political tides.

The Federal Court decision on the Indira Gandhi case provides much needed moral leadership.

AT the 2018 Golden Globes Award on Jan 7, Oprah Winfrey, the respected American media personality, delivered a stirring call for “a new day” on the horizon for American women. Her speech made me reflect on the faltering quest for gender equality in our own constitutional democracy.