Articles by Clive Kessler

If a principled legalism has no strong roots in the sentiments of the nation’s people, on what basis can it be secure?

The impact of an impoverished legal discourse on the Federal Constitution and human rights.

Law as discourse in Malaysia -- what is it, the sources of its power and the contradictions.

What is discourse, and why is Malaysia discourse poor?

Clive Kessler explores confusion about "Constitutional Monarchy" in Malaysia

The Tiger of Jelutong is dead. Long live the Tiger of Jelutong.

Clive Kessler's concluding analysis of daulat, monarchy and constitutionalism in modern Malaysia.

Daulat and kedaulatan each has its place, and each is to be honoured in its own place, and not to be inserted into that of the other.

Is there something more to the position of the traditional Malay ruler than his modern constitutional position?

Clive Kessler presents his original analysis of daulat, kedaulatan, sovereignty and modern constitutionalism in Malaysia.

Clive Kessler revisits the origins of 'daulat' and 'devaraja' and how Malaysia's 'new royalists" are re-imposing these concepts.

Malaysia's “new royalist” theorists reinvents "derhaka" in an attempt to rewrite the Malaysian constitution.