Dr Jashim Chowdhury

Dr Jashim Chowdhury

Lecturer in Law

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
  • The Law School

Qualifications

  • LLB
  • MA
  • MA
  • PhD / DPhil (King's College London)

Summary

Dr M Jashim Ali Chowdhury joined the Hull Law School as a Lecturer in August 2022. At the University of Hull, he teaches Public and European Law , Public International Law, Comparative Law and Administrative Law and Human Rights Protection modules. He also coordinates the Hull Law School's internal and external negotiation, moot and client interviewing competitions. His research interest includes International Human Rights Law, Public International Law, Comparative Public Law, and South Asian Constitutionalism.

Earlier, he served in Bangladesh as an Associate Professor (University of Chittagong), Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer (Northern University Bangladesh) and Lecturer in Law (The University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS) and Metropolitan University).

Dr Chowdhury completed his LL.B. (Honours) and LL.M. from the University of Chittagong with First Class First position in both exams. He also holds an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law with Distinction from Tulane University, Louisiana, USA. He has recently been awarded his PhD in Law by the King’s College London, UK. Dr Chowdhury was nominated for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Gold Medal (2007) for outstanding results in LL.B. (Honours) and LL.M. at the University of Chittagong. Later, he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright (2014) and Commonwealth (2017) scholarships by the US and UK governments, respectively.

He has researched and written extensively on constitutional and personal law issues. His articles have been published in the Bangladesh Journal of Law, Chittagong University Journal of Law, Dhaka University Law Journal, Northern University Journal, BRAC University Journal, Metropolitan University Journal, Jagannath University Journal, Jahangirnagar University Law Journal, Rajshahi University Law Journal, Islamic University Journal (Bangladesh), Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, Comparative and Administrative Law Quarterly (India), GLAT Law Review (Tulane, USA) and the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (Canada). Dr Chowdhury has contributed chapters in books published by BILIA (Bangladesh), Chittagong University (Bangladesh), Rutledge (UK), Hart (UK) Springer (Singapore) and Cambridge University Press (USA). He has authored four books - An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of Bangladesh, The Law of Evidence: An Easy Reader (In Bangla); A Textbook on Muslim Personal Law and Comparative Constitutional Law: Issues, Debates and Stories from the US, UK and Indian Jurisdictions. He has contributed over a hundred legal opinion pieces in Bangladesh’s leading national dailies, national and international blogs, student-edited journals, periodicals, etc.

Dr Chowdhury participated in and presented papers at seminars and conferences in Bangladesh, India, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Kuwait and the United States. Before joining the University of Hull, he established and pioneered the Society for Critical Legal Studies (SCLS), a study and research circle widely known across the Bangladeshi legal academia.

Public and European Law

Comparative Law

Public International Law

Administrative Law and Human Rights Protection

Recent outputs

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Book

Comparative Constitutional Law: Issues, Debates and Stories from the UK, US and Indian Jurisdictions

Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2022). Comparative Constitutional Law: Issues, Debates and Stories from the UK, US and Indian Jurisdictions. Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bengal Press

Book Chapter

The Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh

Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2023). The Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh. In P. J. Yap, & R. Abeyratne (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Asian Parliaments (103-124). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109402-9

Journal Article

Religious Equality in South Asia: Does "Constitutionalized Secularism" Matter?

Chowdhury, J. A., & Islam, M. J. (2023). Religious Equality in South Asia: Does "Constitutionalized Secularism" Matter?. Chittagong University Journal of Law, 24, 41-60

Working and Impact of Parliamentary Committees in the UK and Bangladesh: A Theoretical Analysis

Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2022). Working and Impact of Parliamentary Committees in the UK and Bangladesh: A Theoretical Analysis. Dhaka University Law Journal, 32(2), 175-198. https://doi.org/10.3329/dulj.v32i2.57964

Jurisdictional and Procedural Dilemmas of the Family Courts in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, M. J. A., & Shafiq, A. B. (2021). Jurisdictional and Procedural Dilemmas of the Family Courts in Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, 9(1), 51-71

Research interests

South Asian Constitutionalism, Public Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, International Human Rights Law, Public International Law

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Chowdhury welcomes PhD proposals focusing on comparative constitutionalism, judicial review, judicial activism, comparative legislative studies, South Asian constitutional laws, history and politics, public international law (especially from the perspective of the global south), internationalisation of constitutional law and constitutionalisation of international law, international human rights law, cultural pluralism and global human rights and international organisations (particularly the international judicial bodies).

Committee/Steering group role

Elected Member of the Senate, University of Hull

2023

Elected the representative of the academic staff members of Faculty of Business, Law and Politics (FBLP) at the University of Hull in March 2023

Journal editorial role

Member of the Editorial Board, The Journal of Legal Sciences (University of Baghdad - College of Law)

2023

Journal of Legal Sciences, a semi-annual scientific journal issued by College of Law - University of Baghdad, concerned with the publication of research and legal studies and jurisprudence and summaries in university, as well as the conferences and seminars held by the College of law.

Journal peer reviewer

Peer Reviewer (Indian Law Review)

2023

A publication of the Routledge, Taylor Francis Group, London & New York

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Core Member, Institute for Digital Innovation and Sustainable Transformation, University of Hull

2023

Member, ICON·S : The International Society of Public Law

2022

Scholarship role

Commonwealth Scholar

2017 - 2021

Fulbright (Foreign) Scholar

2014 - 215

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