Amendment Rules, Politics and Debates in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Jashim

Abstract

This chapter considers Bangladesh’s constitutional amendment rules, politics and debates. It evaluates the history, nature and impact of Bangladeshi amendments from a functionalist perspective developed by Ngoc Son Bui – one of the two editors of this volume (Asian Comparative Constitutional Law Volume 2: Constitutional Amendments). Bui argues that a mere rule-based and theoretical perception of constitutional amendments might not tell the whole story of amendment realities. He rather offers a ‘functional’ approach which would focus on the contexts – regional, regime and historical – in which the amendment politics roll out, the actual functions the amendments discharge in the body politic and the factors that influence the amendment choices made by the political actors. This chapter argues that Bui’s framework constitutes a suitable model for appreciating the Bangladeshi constitutional amendments within the broader lens of Asian constitutionalism.

Citation

Chowdhury, J. Amendment Rules, Politics and Debates in Bangladesh. In N. S. Bui, & M. Malagodi (Eds.), Constitutional Amendments (367-388). Hart Publishing

• Deposit Date: May 9, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2025
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Pages: 367-388
• Series Title: Asian Comparative Constitutional Law Volume II
• Book Title: Constitutional Amendments
• Chapter Number: 16
• ISBN: 9781509949748
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4662513
• Publisher URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/asian-comparative-constitutional-law-volume-2-9781509949748/
• Additional Information: The book is set to be published online on 08 August 2024
• Contract Date: Mar 19, 2024