Md Rabiul Islam, a Professor of Law at Jahangirnagar University (JU), Dhaka, Bangladesh, is involved in and passionate about research and teaching in constitutional law and comparative legal discourses. He is now holding the office of the Chairperson of the Department of Law & Justice at JU. In past, he also held the position of Chairperson of the Department of Law & Justice, JU twice, and the office of Dean of JU Law Faculty once. He did his LLB and first LLM from University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh but following these academic pursuits, he went to the University of Huddersfield  in the United Kingdom for another bachelor of Laws. Mr Islam bagged a specialized LLM in Comparative Constitutional Law from Central European University, Budapest-Vienna.  He pursued his PhD from the School of Law in City University of Hong Kong. Mr. Islam has a sizeable number of publications in the areas of constitutional law including ministerial responsibility, academic freedom, comparative federalism, critical approach to corporate social responsibility, comparative equality, racial discrimination in postcolonial states etc. Prior to joining to Jahangirnagar University, he previously held the academic position at University of Rajshahi and University of Asia Pacific, as well as the adjunct faculty role in Bangladesh Police Academy, Bangladesh University of Professionals and some other reputed private universities time to time. He experienced to work with the largest Bangladeshi legal NGO named Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) as an advisor. He also writes in the renowned Bangladeshi dailies regularly on various issues liable for injustice and discrimination in societies. During his time in Hong Kong, he was the President of the Bangladeshi Students' Association (BSAHK). Now, he aims to work as a social activist alongside his legal academic career.

Honors, University of Rajshahi
Masters, Central European University
Masters, University of Rajshahi
Ph.D, City University of Hong Kong

1.

‘The History and Politics of Parliamentary Judge Removal in Bangladesh’ in the upcoming issue of the New Castle Law Review.

2. ‘The Unending Agony: Rights of Rohingya Women When Transgressed’ in Zhu Gobin and Fozia Nazir Lone (eds) Postcolonial Perspectives on Human Rights: A Comparative Critical Analysis on Gender Based Violence in Asia (Routledge [upcoming] 2024).

3. ‘Scrapped Academic Freedom to Breached Constitutionalism: the Lex CEU in Hungary’ (2021) 19(2) Bangladesh Journal of Law, 39-60.

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‘Criminal Trial in Absentia in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study’, (2021) 8(1) Journal of Business, Society and Science, 47-61.

5. ‘Comparative Federalism, Secession and Constitutionalism’ (2020) 18(1-2) Bangladesh Journal of Law, 1-24.

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‘Growing Concern of White-Collar Criminality: Exploring Legal Safeguards in Bangladesh’ (2019) 1(1) Bangladesh Police Academy Journal, 75-110.

7. ‘Racial Dichotomy to Escalate Discrimination: An Account of Legal- historiography in Colonial India’, (2020) VIII Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, 29-46.

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‘Constitutional Foundation of CSR: From Theoretical Justification to Judicialization’, (2018) VI Janhaginrnagar University Law Journal, 15-35

9. ‘Marine Spatial Planning: A Quest for Effective Protection of the Bay of Bengal’ (2016) IV Janhaginrnagar University Law Journal, 1-21.

10. ‘Apparent Authority of Agency Jeopardizing the Principal: Prescribed Precautions’ (2015) III Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, 1-19.

11. ‘An Elucidation on Prerogative of Mercy to Apprehend Its Limits in the Constitution of Bangladesh with a Comparative Study’, (2014) II Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, 76-83.

12. ‘The Enhancement of the Rights and Conditions of the Child Laborers Substantially by Means of Corporate Social Responsibility: Bangladesh Perspective’, (2013) I Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, 157-178.

13. ‘Ministerial Responsibility and Accountability: The Effective Way to Prove a Government’ (2011) II(1) UAP (University of Asia Pacific) Law Journal, 167-177.

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‘Public Interest Litigation: A Functional means to Ensure Social Justice’, (2010) 7 Rajshahi University Law Journal, 59-82.

1. Outstanding Academic Performance Award 2021 in City University of Hong Kong

2. Studentship Scholarship for PhD in City University of Hong Kong, 202

3. Central European University Scholarship for master’s 2016-2017

4. Kaplan Group Scholarship for LLB (Hons) 2007

5. Shahid Shamsuzzoha Hall Award for Academic Achievement 2003-2004