Bangladesh

The Legal History of Bangladesh

This section provides an overview of Bangladesh

Literature Review on Bangladesh

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Ferdous Jahan and Asif Mohammad Shahan provide the following summary about the topic of Bangladesh: This entry explores the public policy process of Bangladesh. Specifically, it describes the relationship between political and bureaucratic actors from a historical institutional perspective to understand how this relationship affects the policy outcomes. At independence in 1971, Bangladesh inherited the British “colonial legacy” in its administration with a powerful and well-trained bureaucracy. The bureaucracy shaped the initial policy and political development process until the emergence of democracy in 1991. Since 1991, though democratic, the political system of Bangladesh reflects the presence of a “clientelist” politics providing public resources to party loyalists. Misappropriation of public resources requires the support of the bureaucrats. Thus, the democratic governments emphasized on ensuring the complete subordination of the bureaucracy to political elites. However, we argue that over the period, the bureaucracy due to its position, power, expertise, and technical efficiency has been able to control the policy process to a large extent. Despite continuous efforts on the part of the ruling political elites, the lack of competence and efficiency of political elites in the policy process has resulted in bureaucratic control over policies. The legislature has been left with no real role to play other than just approving the policies.

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See Also

• Legal System
• Country
• Jurisdiction
• Immigration
• Consulate

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Bangladesh in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

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Further Reading

• Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)

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See Also

• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Bangladesh in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Bangladesh in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly

Hierarchical Display of Bangladesh

Geography > Economic geography > SAARC countries

Bangladesh

Concept of Bangladesh

See the dictionary definition of Bangladesh.

Characteristics of Bangladesh

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Translation of Bangladesh

• Spanish: Bangladesh
• French: Bangladesh
• German: Bangladesch
• Italian: Bangladesh
• Portuguese: Bangladeche
• Polish: Bangladesz

Thesaurus of Bangladesh

Geography > Economic geography > SAARC countries > Bangladesh

See also

• Kashmir question

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan

• People’s Republic of Bangladesh