Year: 2015

  1. Criminal Law

On the Criminal Justice System of Nepal and Its Challenges

Criminal Justice System (CJS) as an administrative vis-à-vis a legal mechanism for the enforcement of penal laws is characteristically entrusted for reducing crime rates, deterring the commission of crime, and their ramifications in a society either through punishment or rehabilitation of the offenders. This article aims to briefly assess the development of CJS in Nepal […]
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  1. Law School

The Practice of Legal Research to Improve Legal Education in Bangladesh

Apart from attending law school, enthusiastic law students often take part in various programs such as seminars, workshops, conferences, moot-court competitions and so forth throughout their academic life. Amongst them, very few could get the opportunity of becoming a researcher or to be associated with legal research; but what about others? Does the importance of […]
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  1. Human Rights Law
  2. Rights of the Disabled

A Legal Assessment of the Rights of the Persons with Disability: Bangladesh Perspective

Let us begin with the description of a real-life example of discrimination which recently happened to one visually impaired student. He is Bishwajit Boshak, a meritorious student of Bandorban Shualek High School. According to Prothom Alo, Bishwajit has recently this year passed the SSC examination obtaining GPA 4.28. Completing the online college admission procedure, he […]
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  1. Book Review

A Critical Review on ‘The Idea of Justice’ by Amartya Sen: A Contemporary Development in Jurisprudence

Globally respected and acclaimed Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen wrote on justice issues in his remarkable theoretical classic The Idea of Justice (Harvard University Press, 2009) and this work is now widely acknowledged to have had an immense significance in the development of contemporary jurisprudence. By taking considerable help from Indian philosophical ideas, this venerable professor […]
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  1. Book Review

‘Human Rights Defenders Manual’: Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights

Being one of the fundamental normative standards, the idea of human rights has been strengthening human civilization, years after years, to secure a dignified life for each individual irrespective of any difference or distinction in the society. The protection and promotion of human rights is now an immensely significant issue of concern to international community. […]
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  1. Constitutional Law
  2. International Law

Proclamation of Bangladesh Independence: Implications for International Law

On 10 April 1971, the Mujibnagar government (Bangladesh government-in-exile during 1971 liberation war) adopted the Proclamation of Bangladesh Independence. The people of Bangladesh wanted to become the master of their own destiny. Therefore, they expressed their collective oneness of mind through the Proclamation. Formally read out in the Constituent Assembly (the elected representatives duly constituted […]
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  1. Labour Law

Protection for Informal Workers in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects

Since its inception, the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh aspires to build a socialist society where every citizen would have right and opportunity to work and pursue any occupation. After forty years of independence, the aspiration remains to be just another decorating feature in the constitution. A large number of its population still strives […]
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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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