Motivations For Language Choice In Malaysian Courtrooms

Author/Editor: Richard Powell

Publisher: UM Press

ISBN: 9789831004586

Weight: 150

Pages: 98

Year: 2008

Price: RM38

Malaysian courtrooms are bilingual in a fairly unusual sense: both Malay and English have de jure standing. This situation reflects to some extent multilingualism of the surrounding society that has evolved under the influence of the official policy over the last two decade of shifting the language of the legal system from English to Malay.