| Description |
xxii, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Comparative constitutionalism in Muslim majority states |
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Comparative constitutionalism in Muslim majority states.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Traditional models of emergency powers -- 1.3.Contemporary scholarly debate on emergency powers -- 1.4.The emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation and enactment of the Constitution of Bangladesh -- 1.5.The emergency framework under the Constitution of Bangladesh -- 1.6.Objectives of the book -- 1.7.Structure of the book -- 1.8.References -- 2.General issues concerning the powers of emergency and the evolution of these powers in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Definition of emergency -- 2.3.Necessity of emergency powers -- 2.4.Traditional models of emergency powers -- 2.5.The possibility of the abuse of emergency powers under the traditional constitutional and legislative emergency models -- 2.6.Evolution of emergency powers in the Subcontinent during the colonial and post-colonial periods -- |
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Contents note continued: 2.7.The Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972 and the proclamation of emergency -- 2.8.References -- 3.Suspension of the fundamental rights and the exercise of the power of preventive detention during emergencies in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Definition of fundamental rights -- 3.3.The necessity of suspending fundamental rights during emergencies and the international standards concerning such suspension under the ICCPR -- 3.4.Fundamental rights in the Subcontinent during the colonial period -- 3.5.Guarantee of fundamental rights in the Constitutions of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: after the post-colonial period -- 3.6.Definition of preventive detention -- 3.7.Necessity of the power of preventive detention -- 3.8.Abuse of the power of preventive detention -- 3.9.Evolution of the power of preventive detention in the Subcontinent during the colonial and post-colonial periods -- 3.10.References -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.Devising and developing a standard emergency model -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Extra-legal model -- 4.3.The legal model -- 4.4.Developing a constitutional model of emergency powers -- 4.5.The advantages of incorporating detailed safeguards concerning emergency in the constitution -- 4.6.References -- 5.The emergencies proclaimed in Bangladesh on five occasions from 1974 to 2007 and their justification -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The first proclamation of emergency issued in December 1974 -- 5.3.The second proclamation of emergency in May 1981 -- 5.4.The third proclamation of emergency in November 1987 -- 5.5.The fourth proclamation of emergency on 27 November 1990 and its justification -- 5.6.The fifth proclamation of emergency in January 2007 -- 5.7.The impact of the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act 2011 on the provisions concerning emergency in the Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972 -- 5.8.References -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.Impact of the five proclamations of emergency in Bangladesh on the fundamental rights of individuals -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Suspension of the enforcement of the fundamental rights during emergencies under the Constitution of Bangladesh -- 6.3.References -- 7.Preventive detention laws in Bangladesh, their exercise during the five proclamations of emergency and judicial response to such exercise -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.The Constitution of Bangladesh and provisions concerning preventive detention -- 7.3.Preventive detention laws enacted during the proclamations of emergency in Bangladesh and their exercise -- 7.4.References -- 8.Conclusion -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.The quest for a satisfactory model of emergency powers -- 8.3.Does Bangladesh have an ideal constitutionally entrenched emergency model? -- 8.4.Recommendations: a constitutionally entrenched emergency model for Bangladesh providing for detailed norms -- 8.5.References |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
War and emergency powers -- Bangladesh.
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War and emergency legislation -- Bangladesh.
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| LC no. |
2017004156 |
| ISBN |
9781138051119 |
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113805111X |
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9781351685924 |
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1351685929 |
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