The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh

INTRODUCTION.- PART ONE: CONSTITUTION-MAKING, CHANGES AND PHILOSOPHY.- CHAPTER 1:  THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BANGLADESH AND MAKING IT WORK.- CHAPTER 2: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DEBATES ON THE BANGLADESH CONSTITUTION: INTENTIONS, INSIGHT, AND IMPLEMENTATION.- CHAPTER 3:  SECULARISM AS A STATE POLICY, STATE RELIGION, AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION: BENIGN OR MALIGN FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN BANGLADESH?.- CHAPTER 4:  CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW IN BANGLADESH.- CHAPTER 5: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN BANGLADESH: UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.- PART TWO: ORGANS OF THE STATE, CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.- CHAPTER 6:  ROLE OF PARLIAMENT IN ENSURING DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN BANGLADESH: SETTING THE AGENDA FOR A STRENGTHENED PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.- CHAPTER 7: CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: WHERE DOES BANGLADESH STAND AT FIFTY YEARS?.- CHAPTER8: MECHANISMS FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: WHITHER BANGLADESH?.- CHAPTER 9: FIFTY YEARS OF ELECTIONEERING IN BANGLADESH: THE COLLAPSE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN.- PART THREE: SPECIALISED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND ISSUES.- CHAPTER 10: RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: WEDNESBURY UNREASONABLENESS AND PROPORTIONALITY.- CHAPTER 11: PROTECTION THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES: THE CASE OF WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND BACKWARD SECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE.- CHAPTER 12: THE 'INTERNATIONAL CRIMES' EXCEPTION TO THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS REGIME OF THE BANGLADESH CONSTITUTION.- CHAPTER 13: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM IN BANGLADESH: FROM RECOGNITION TO PRACTICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.- CHAPTER 14: TOWARDS A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FRAMEWORK FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REFORM: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH.- CHAPTER 15: REFUGEE PROTECTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF BANGLADESH: THE ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN CONTEXT.- CHAPTER 16: OCEANGOVERNANCE AND

M Rafiqul Islam is currently an Emeritus Professor of Law at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He studied Economics and Law at The University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and obtained BA Honours in 1973 and MA in Economics in 1974 and LLB with first class in 1975. He also obtained LLM in 1979 and PhD in 1983, both in International Law, from Monash University, Australia, under the Monash Graduate Scholarships. He has about 45 years of legal teaching and research experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at universities in common law jurisdictions spanning both developed and developing countries since March 1975. Professor Islam has been an active legal academic and researcher and has published extensively in his areas of teaching and research interest, mostly in Public International Llaw. His major publications in the main include: International Trade Law of the WTO (Oxford University Press, 2006); An Introduction to International Refugee Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston, 2013, co-ed);  International Law: Current Concepts and Future Directions (LexisNexis Australia, 2014); National Trials of International Crimes in Bangladesh: Transitional Justice as Reflected in Judgments, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston (International Edition); and the University Press Limited, Dhaka (Bangladesh Edition) March 2019. Professor Islam was the Director of Higher Degree Research (PhD and MPhil) and has actively been involved in the administration and supervision of research leading to Master of Research (M Res), M Phil, and PhD degrees. He was awarded the 'Outstanding Teacher Award' by Macquarie University in 2000 for his contributions to teaching and higher degree research supervision and administration. Professor Islam is also the recipient of the Macquarie University Arts Faculty Best Higher Degree Research Supervisor Award in 2013 and the Vice Chancellor's special award 'in appreciation of [his] service, loyalty and commitments to the