METHODOLOGY
This study primarily used the qualitative
method. The approach adopted was a
critical analysis of a current situation or
documentary evidence. Doctrinal research
refers to a new, thorough, systematic,
investigative or theoretical analysis. Its
aim is to explore, revise, add value and
improve the concept, theory, principles and
application of the law. Using the content
analysis technique, this research aims to
resolve problematic situations and identify
elements that constitute such problems
and the regulations that are contained
in each problem. For this research, the
author adopted a theoretical analysis of
current situation i.e. using a syllabus of
a law programme, namely, of labour law,
taught at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM) and enhancing it by analysing
some aspect of labour matters from the
economic analysis of law perspective. The
author chose the LLM labour law course
as a sample study. It is admitted that there
are differences in the approach adopted in
teaching labour law in other universities
but it is argued that the gist of the labour
law syllabus at different universities is the
same. Thus, the author submits that the
sample study (UKM) adopted in this article
sufficiently represented the problems to be
addressed and the new idea to be proposed.
Data collection in legal research relies
on primary and secondary data. In legal
research, primary data refer to legislation,
parliamentary hansards and court cases
from Malaysia and foreign countries.
Secondary source refers to publication such
as articles’ journals, books, students’ thesis
and documents, official or otherwise. The
primary data were analysed based on rules
of interpretation such as literal, golden,
mischief and purposive rules. Finally,
all data collected was analyed using four
legal research methods, namely: historical,
jurisprudential, comparative and analytical
and critical method. This method is also
called content legal analysis, and is not
based on coding as usually done in other
social science or economic research. This
legal technique of data collection was mostly
made in the library, on-line and government
departments and visits to some countries
which had good and effective regulations
and enforcement. For this research, the
author only adopted a theoretical analysis
on the concept of labour law from the
economic analysis of law perspective. A
short questionnaire was also sent to students
of the LLM Labour law class Semester 2,
Session 2012-1013. The primary purpose
of the survey was to identify the preference
(or otherwise) among students for the idea
of using the disciplinary approach in the
learning of labour law at law schools, in
particular, UKM