States of Emergency and the Law: The Experience of Bangladesh

by M Ehteshamul Bari

In Bangladesh, the absence of effective constitutional safeguards for governing emergency regimes has resulted in each of the five emergencies being invoked on the imprecise ground of internal disturbance. Two of these emergencies were even continued after the alleged threat posed to the life of the nation was over. Furthermore, during these five periods of emergency, either all or most of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367594900
• ISBN13: 9780367594909
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"