Ch. I. The Operation of Constitutional Rights of Citizens - A General Overview of the Three Systems -- Ch. II. Preventive Detention in the Legal-Constitutional Systems of the Three Countries -- Ch. III. Emergency Powers and Martial Law -- Ch. IV. Emergency Powers, the Executive and the Court -- Ch. V. Constitutional Rights and Emergency: Some Basic Issues -- Ch. VI. Malaysia: Jurisprudence for the Formal Style -- Ch. VII. Sri Lanka: Uncoordinated Jurisprudence -- Ch. VIII. Bangladesh: Jurisprudence of Legality -- Ch. IX. Emergency, Judicial Review and Constitutional Interpretation -- Ch. X. Emergency, Judicial Review and Rights -- Ch. XI. Towards a New Jurisprudence of Emergency, Rights and Judicial Review -- Appendix I: Constitution of Malaysia -- Appendix II: Constitution of Sri Lanka 1978 -- Appendix III: Constitution of Bangladesh