Peguam Syarie di Malaysia: Analisis Perkembangan Pelaksanaannya di Mahkamah Syariah (Syariah Lawyers in Malaysia: Analysis on Its Implementation Process at the Syariah Courts)

Abstract

Syariah lawyers represent adjudicating parties in solving their problems in court. The concept of representation existed eversince the time of the Prophet until now. This research aims to achieve three research objectives. Firstly, it analyses the governance of syariah lawyers’ representation during the time of the Prophet, his companions and its implementation at the present Malaysian syariah courts. Secondly, it identifies current problems relating to its governance at the syariah courts. Thirdly, it suggests solutions to the identified problem. This research adopts the design of pure legal research that is being analysed qualitatively. The data are collected via library research as well as semi-structured interviews. These library data are then analysed via methods of content analysis and critical analysis. Data from interviews are recorded, transcribed, and incorporated in the writing as supporting analysis. This research finds that the governance of syariah lawyers’ representation evolves from time to time. The research simultaneously identifies inconsistency in the governance of syariah lawyers at the present syariah courts. This research finally calls for a streamlined, regulated and refined governance of syariah lawyers.

Abstrak

Peguam syarie mewakili pihak-pihak bertikai dalam menyelesaikan masalah mereka di mahkamah. Konsep perwakilan ini telah wujud sejak zaman Rasulullah sehingga kini. Kajian ini berhasrat untuk mencapai tiga objektif. Pertama, ianya menganalisis tadbir urus perwakilan peguam syarie pada zaman Rasulullah, sahabat serta pelaksanaannya di mahkamah syariah di Malaysia pada masa kini. Kedua, ianya mengenal pasti permasalahan semasa berkaitan tadbir urus tersebut di mahkamah syariah. Ketiga, ianya mencadangkan penyelesaian ke atas permasalahan yang dikenal pasti. Kajian ini mengguna pakai kerangka perundangan tulin yang dianalisis secara kualitatif. Data telah dikumpul melalui kaedah kajian perpustakaan serta kaedah temu bual separa struktur. Data perpustakaan kemudiannya dianalisis melalui kaedah-kaedah analisis kandungan dan analisis kritis. Data dari temubual pula dirakam, dilakukan transkripsi serta kemudiannya dimasukkan ke dalam penulisan sebagai hujah sokongan. Kajian mendapati tadbir urus perwakilan peguam syarie berkembang dari dari semasa ke semasa. Kajian turut mendapati ketidakseragaman dalam tadbir urus peguam syarie di mahkamah syariah pada masa kini. Kajian akhirnya mencadangkan agar diwujudkan tadbir urus peguam syarie yang seragam, teratur serta terperinci.

Kata kunci: Peguam syarie; mahkamah syariah; tadbir urus; perwakilan; prinsip syariah