Vol. 50 No. 1 (2023): JOURNAL OF MALAYSIAN AND COMPARATIVE LAW

The 2023 edition of the JMCL features three articles. In “The Establishment of One High Court for Malaysia: A Pipe Dream or a Possibility?”, Sheila Ramalingam, Dato’ Johan Shamsuddin Sabaruddin, and Saroja Dhanapal explore the historical roots and current relevance of Malaysia’s dual High Court system, established during its formation in 1963, and question whether a unified High Court could better serve the nation today.

In “Addressing Algorithmic Pricing Collusion in Malaysian Competition Law: Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Ethical Governance”, Angayar Kanni Ramaiah and Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh examine how artificial intelligence (AI)- driven pricing in Malaysian digital businesses can lead to tacit collusion, challenging current competitions laws, and call for ethical AI governance to curb anti-competitive pricing.

Nehaluddin Ahmad and Mohd Wafiq bin Mohd Jafree, in “The Term Jihad in Islamic Jurisprudence with Reference to Modern International Law: A Critical Examination” challenge misconceptions about jihad, arguing that it is a defensive concept in Islamic law, and not a tool of aggression, and compare the true meaning of the term with international legal standards. The authors argue that jihad is a cause for self-defence rather than a cause of aggression.