States of emergency and the law: the experience of Bangladesh

Introduction -- General issues concerning the powers of emergency and the evolution of these powers in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh -- Suspension of the fundamental rights and the exercise of the power of preventive dentention during emergencies in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh subcontinent -- Devising and developing a standard emergency model -- THe emergencies proclaimed in Bangladesh on five occasions from 1974 to 2007 and their justifiction -- Impact of the five proclamations of emergency in Bangladesh on the fundamental rights of individuals -- Preventive detention laws in Bangladesh, their exercise during the five proclamations of emergency and judicial response to such exercise -- Conclusion

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 General issues concerning the powers of emergency and the evolution of these powers in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent -- chapter 3 Suspension of the fundamental rights and the exercise of the power of preventive detention during emergencies in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh Subcontinent -- chapter 4 Devising and developing a standard emergency model -- chapter 5 The emergencies proclaimed in Bangladesh on five occasions from 1974 to 2007 and their justification -- chapter 6 Impact of the five proclamations of emergency in Bangladesh on the fundamental rights of individuals -- chapter 7 Preventive detention laws in Bangladesh, their exercise during the five proclamations of emergency and judicial response to such exercise -- chapter 8 Conclusion.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Table of cases -- Table of constitutions/statutes -- Table of legislative instruments -- 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 -- 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