The Constitution of Bangladesh

The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Constitution of Bangladesh. It traces the socio-political, and legal context of its birth in the aftermath of a violent Independence War, through to the seventeen amendments till date as Bangladesh evolved through military coups and dictatorships, among other developments.

Autorentext

Arafat Hosen Khan is a practicing Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh; also works as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and as Senior Researcher on Constitutional Law, Democracy and Contemporary Human Rights issues. He is a member of the Board of Trustees, Institute of Inclusive Policy (IIP), a leading research-based thinktank in Bangladesh; and partner at Apex Court Chambers, Dhaka. Following completion of his LL.B. (Hons.) at the University of Essex, UK, in 2008, he was successfully called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln s Inn in 2009. He also completed an MA in Global Ethics and Human Values at King s College London in 2013 with a Chevening Scholarship funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), UK; and was awarded the O Brien Fellows in Residence at the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Opening Statements 2. Recollecting the Tales of Glory 3. Inception and Hope 4. Age of the Military Junta (1975 1989) 5. Under the Illusion of Representative Democracy 6. Conclusion: The Hope Lives On