Fifty Years of Bangladesh Parliament - (Brill's Asian Law) by M Jashim Ali Chowdhury (Paperback)

About the Book

Fifty years after its birth, the Bangladesh Parliament's contribution to the country's constitutional separation of powers and checks and balances among the executive, legislative and judicial branches remains underwhelming. Its relation with its electorate stands tainted and the prospect of reform oblique. This book explains why and how the country's internally undemocratic political parties deny the Parliament its fair share in the country's governance and policy processes.

Book Synopsis

This book critically examines the constitutional position and contribution of the Bangladesh Parliament during the fifty years of its existence. Examining the institution through a "Westminster" lens, the book unearths how and why it behaves in an (un)Westminster, rather say the "Eastminster", way. This book is the first of its kind attempting a separation of powers and checks and balances inspired analysis of the Parliament vis-à-vis Bangladesh's government, judiciary, and the people. It explains how its internal democracy deficit arising from the country's undemocratic political partises deny the Bangladesh Parliament, its rightful place within the country's constitutional design.