ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses two fundamental questions on the relationship between constitutional law and international law in Bangladesh: first, what is the status of international law in the legal system of Bangladesh, and second, how is international law given effect? In dealing with these questions, the author has revisited Constituent Assembly debates, texts of the Constitution, relevant domestic statutes, judicial decisions, state practices, and scholarly works. It is concluded that the constitutional design leaves no choice but dualism, which for the purposes of implementation regards international law as separate from domestic law, for Bangladesh to follow.
