States of Emergency and the Law: The Experience of Bangladesh

ISBN-13: 9780367594909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 282 str.

M. Ehteshamul Bari

Opis

This book presents a definition of emergency powers and their evolution on the Indian sub-continent with particular focus on Bangladesh. This work identifies the flaws, deficiencies and lacunae of the constitutional provisions concerning emergency measures in Bangladesh. Comparisons are also made with other constitutional models from developed a

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Table of Cases

Table of Constitutions/Statutes

Table of Legislative Instruments

1 Introduction

2 General Issues Concerning the Powers of Emergency and the Evolution of these Powers in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent

3 Suspension of the Fundamental Rights and the Exercise of the Power of Preventive Detention during Emergencies in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent

4 Devising and Developing a Standard Emergency Model

5 The Emergencies Proclaimed in Bangladesh on Five Occasions from 1974 to 2007 and their Justification

6 Impact of the Five Proclamations of Emergency in Bangladesh on the Fundamental Rights of Individuals

7 Preventive Detention Laws in Bangladesh, their Exercise during the Five Proclamations of Emergency and Judicial Response to Such Exercise

8 Conclusion

O autorze

Dr M. Ehteshamul Bari is a Lecturer in Law and the Director of the JD Program at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He did his PhD in Law from Macquarie University, Sydney, in 2015 on an International Macquarie University Research Scholarship. Ehteshamul has published research articles on various aspects of constitutional law, human rights law and public international law in quality peer reviewed journals, such as the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, San Diego International Law Journal, Commonwealth Law Bulletin and the Journal of East Asia and International Law.