Lectures and Speeches by HRH Sultan Azlan Shah
As a Judge, Chief Justice and Lord President of the then Federal Court, and subsequently as the Sultan of Perak and the King of Malaysia, His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah was called upon on numerous occasions to deliver public lectures or speeches. Whatever the occasion, and whoever the audience, His Royal Highness never failed to address at least one of the following issues: the proper execution of duties and responsibilities in accordance with law by all concerned, be it King, Ruler, government, politicians, judges or professionals; the independence of the judiciary; checks and balances against the excessive use of powers; and the need for transparency. In each of these speeches or lectures, one can readily discern His Royal Highness’s concern, commitment and passion for justice, truth, the proper exercise of powers and due respect for the Rule of Law.
The following is a selection of speeches, lectures and essays by His Royal Highness, which were published in the volume entitled “Constitutional Monarchy, Rule of Law and Good Governance” (Edited by Dato’ Seri Dr Visu Sinnadurai, Professional Law Books, 2004), and which have been made available with the kind permission of the publishers. The well-received speech of His Royal Highness entitled “Fifty Years of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law”, delivered at the 14th Malaysian Law Conference in October 2007, is also made available below.
The List of Lectures and Speeches
Supremacy of Law in Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman Lecture XI, Malaysian Institute of Management, Kuala Lumpur, 23 November 1984
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Climates of Freedom
Conference on the Malaysian Constitution, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 22 August 1987
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Checks and Balances in a Constitutional Democracy
Harvard Club of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 19 September 1987
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Corporate Misconduct: Crime and Accountability
Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 7 April 1987
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Engineers and the Law: Recent Developments
Institution of Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, 31 March 1989
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Medicine, Ethics and the Law
The 8th Tun (Dr) Ismail Oration, The Academy of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, 5 October 1989
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Law and Globalisation: Some Perspectives
Selected Speeches as
Royal Patron of the Malaysian Students’ Law Society in the United Kingdom and Eire 1986 – 1997
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The New Millennium: Challenges and Responsibilities
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, 23 August 1997
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Fifty Years of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law
Opening Address, 14th Malaysian Law Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 29 October 2007
