Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response

Marital infidelity has become one of the most traumatic life experiences in the society today. It is the greatest danger threatening family life and destroys marriages thus leading to increased divorce rates in the society. This is because it signals relationship problems between couples. There are...

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Main Authors:	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Md Hashim, Noraini, Abdul Hak, Nora, Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/1/Marital%20Infidelity.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/2/iclas%202018.pdf

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spelling	iium-658402018-09-25T11:11:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/ Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Md Hashim, Noraini Abdul Hak, Nora Md Said, Muhamad Helmi K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Marital infidelity has become one of the most traumatic life experiences in the society today. It is the greatest danger threatening family life and destroys marriages thus leading to increased divorce rates in the society. This is because it signals relationship problems between couples. There are diverse causes of widespread marital infidelity, which is common in our society today. The causes include marriage boredom, unrealistic expectations, conflicts and misunderstandings of one another. As in many jurisdictions, marital infidelity is not an offence under the law in Malaysia but there are some legal remedies or avenues that can be sought to curtail the re- occurrence of such problem. The objectives of the paper are to discuss the legal repercussion of marital infidelity in Malaysia and whether solution through enforcement of law is an adequate mechanism to curb this social problem. The methodology adopted in this paper is based on the content analysis of reports, case laws, leading textbooks and journal articles. The paper is significant as it addresses crucial concerns raised in reference to the current laws relating to the protection of the marriage and family institutions in Malaysia. It concludes with a series of recommendations and suggestions for improvement in finding an appropriate legal mechanism in curbing the issue of marital infidelity for the preservation of family institution as a whole. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/1/Marital%20Infidelity.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/2/iclas%202018.pdf Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina and Md Hashim, Noraini and Abdul Hak, Nora and Md Said, Muhamad Helmi (2018) Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7), 11th-13th April 2018, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Unpublished) https://iclas2018.org/parallel-sessions/
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Md Hashim, Noraini Abdul Hak, Nora Md Said, Muhamad Helmi Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
description	Marital infidelity has become one of the most traumatic life experiences in the society today. It is the greatest danger threatening family life and destroys marriages thus leading to increased divorce rates in the society. This is because it signals relationship problems between couples. There are diverse causes of widespread marital infidelity, which is common in our society today. The causes include marriage boredom, unrealistic expectations, conflicts and misunderstandings of one another. As in many jurisdictions, marital infidelity is not an offence under the law in Malaysia but there are some legal remedies or avenues that can be sought to curtail the re- occurrence of such problem. The objectives of the paper are to discuss the legal repercussion of marital infidelity in Malaysia and whether solution through enforcement of law is an adequate mechanism to curb this social problem. The methodology adopted in this paper is based on the content analysis of reports, case laws, leading textbooks and journal articles. The paper is significant as it addresses crucial concerns raised in reference to the current laws relating to the protection of the marriage and family institutions in Malaysia. It concludes with a series of recommendations and suggestions for improvement in finding an appropriate legal mechanism in curbing the issue of marital infidelity for the preservation of family institution as a whole.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Md Hashim, Noraini Abdul Hak, Nora Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
author_facet	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Md Hashim, Noraini Abdul Hak, Nora Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
author_sort	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
title	Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
title_short	Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
title_full	Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
title_fullStr	Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
title_full_unstemmed	Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response
title_sort	repercussions of marital infidelity in malaysia: a legal response
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/1/Marital%20Infidelity.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/65840/2/iclas%202018.pdf
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Repercussions of marital infidelity in Malaysia: a legal response

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