Dr Ridwanul Hoque
Associate Dean, IHM
BIO
Ridwanul Hoque is a Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka and a University Fellow at Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Australia. He earlier taught at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. He has studied law at the Universities of Chittagong, Cambridge, and London for, respectively, LLB, LLM, and PhD. Professor Hoque has held visiting research and teaching positions at Cornell Law School, Melbourne Law School, La Trobe University, and National Law University, Delhi. He specialises in Bangladeshi and South Asian constitutional laws and has a special interest in citizenship law. He has acted as an expert in several SIAC cases in the UK involving citizenship-deprivation orders by the SSHD. As a foreign law expert, he has also written expert reports for the US and Australian courts. He has an extensive experience of consultancy in the areas of children’s rights, labour migration, and human trafficking. He is the author of Judicial Activism in Bangladesh: A Golden Mean Approach (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011). His latest publication is a co-edited volume — Constitutional Foundings in South Asia (Hart Publishing, 2021).
RESEARCH OUTPUT
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Judicial activism in Bangladesh: a golden mean approach
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Judicial Activism and Islamic Family Law: A Socio-Legal Evaluation of Recent Trends in Bangladesh
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Judicial activism in Bangladesh: a golden mean approach
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Taking justice seriously: judicial public interest and constitutional activism in Bangladesh
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Eternal provisions in the constitution of Bangladesh: A constitution once and for all?
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Courts and the adjudication system in Bangladesh: in quest of viable reforms
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The Judicial Invocation of International Human Rights Law in Bangladesh: Questing a Better Approach
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Public procurement law in Bangladesh: from bureaucratisation to accountability
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The recent emergency and the politics of the judiciary in Bangladesh
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Integrated coastal zone management and sustainable development of coastal area: A short overview of international legal framework
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Criminal Law and Constitution: The Relationship Revisited
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Inclusive constitutionalism and the Indigenous people of the Chittagong hill tracts in Bangladesh
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Constitutional Challenge to the State Religion Status of Islam in Bangladesh: Back to Square One?
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Can the court invalidate an original provision of the constitution
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The politics of unconstitutional amendments in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh’s unofficial emergency: Managing the COVID-19 crisis by notifications
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War Crimes Trial in Bangladesh: A Legal Analysis of Fair Trial Debates
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Gender and the Legal Profession in Bangladesh: Achievements and Challenges
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Public Law Compensation in Bangladesh: Looking Within and Beyond
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Deconstructing public participation and deliberation in constitutional amendment in Bangladesh
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Implicit Unamendability in South Asia: The Core of the Case for the Basic-structure Doctrine
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The fifty years of Bangladesh’s constitutional journey: Reflections and hopes
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The Evolution of the Basic Structure Doctrine in Bangladesh: Reflections on Dr. Kamal Hossain’s Unique Contribution
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The Evolution of the Basic Structure Doctrine in Bangladesh: Reflections on Dr. Kamal Hossain’s Unique Contribution
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Judicial Agency to Achieve Good Governance in Bangladesh: An Analysis
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Bangladesh’s emergency challenges the country’s judiciary
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Bangladesh’s Counterterrorism Laws and Their Discontent
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Rule of law in Bangladesh: The good, the bad and the ugly?
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Judicial Review of State Contracts: Piercing the Narrow Divide between’Pure and Simple’and’Statutory or Sovereign’Contracts
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Judicial Review of Original Provisions of a Constitution: Attempting the Impossible?
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Book Review: Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin, Muslim Family Law, Secular Courts and Muslim Women of South Asia Judicial Review of Original Provisions of a Constitution: Attempting the Impossible?
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Public Procurement Regulation in Bangladesh: A Preliminary Analysis
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M. Shah Alam, Enforcement of International Human Rights Law by Domestic Courts
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Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour through Law in Bangladesh: A Critique
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Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by MARC HERTOGH and SIMON HALLIDAY.[Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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Book Review: Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia’s International Rivers: A Legal Perspective
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Book Review: Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Enforcement of International Human Rights Law by Domestic Courts, by M. Shah Alam