•Malaysia's legal system is based on English Common Law, alongside a Sharia court system for Malaysian Muslims.
•The Federal Court reviews decisions referred from the Court of Appeals; it has original jurisdiction in constitutional matters and in disputes between states or between the federal government and a state.
•Peninsular Malaysia and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak each has a high court.
•The federal government has authority over external affairs, defence, internal security, justice (except civil law cases among Malays or other Muslims and other indigenous peoples, adjudicated under Islamic and traditional law), federal citizenship, finance, commerce, industry, communications, transportation, and other matters.