Malaysian Legal System (Revision)

Law can be defined as a set of of rules which are enforced by the state.

• True

• False

The primary aim of the law is to attain ___ in society.

• justice

• equality

• right

• standard

What is legal may not be morally right.

• True

• False

Law can be classified into 3 broad divisions which are Public Law, Private Law and Criminal Law

• True

• False

Public Law governs the relationship between an individual and the state.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT an example of private law?

• Law of Contract

• Hire-Purchase Law

• Criminal Law

"Mamat sue Nani for breach of contract". This is an example of Public Law.

• True

• False

The supreme law of Malaysia is the ___.

• Parliament

• Unwritten law

• Federal Constitution

• State Constitution

If there is an inconsistency between the State Constitution and the Federal Constitution, the State Constitution will prevail.

• True

• False

Parliament may make laws to any of the matters stated in ___.

• Federal List

• State List

• Federal List & Concurrent List

• State List & Concurrent List