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Independent legal journal
Law, argued in public.
Rigorous legal analysis, identified opinion and reasoned debate concerning Bangladesh, South Asia and questions of wider legal significance.
Current publishing
Latest arguments
The most recent analysis, commentary, opinion and case notes in publication order.
Research pathways
Legal categories
Each category is a maintained editorial archive, not a decorative tag.
Constitutional interpretation, judicial review, administrative power, federal and unitary structures, public institutions and the rule of law.
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Judicial reasoning, procedure, remedies, court administration, access to justice and institutional independence.
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Equality, expression, privacy, religion, association, due process and the enforcement of fundamental and human rights.
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Substantive criminal law, investigation, bail, trial, sentencing, prison governance and procedural safeguards.
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Elections, legislatures, accountability bodies, local government, emergency power and democratic constitutionalism.
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Commercial law, competition, financial regulation, data governance, artificial intelligence, platforms and emerging technologies.
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Public international law, transnational institutions and comparative legal developments relevant to Bangladesh and South Asia.
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Environmental rights, climate responsibility, natural-resource governance and the legal implications of scientific evidence.
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Professional ethics, advocacy, judicial appointments, legal education, scholarship and the institutions that shape legal practice.
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The Debate
Disagreement, edited into a useful public record.
A Mandamus debate defines the legal question precisely, commissions competing arguments and links responses in one durable collection.
Explore debatesFounding format
The first exchange will begin with a defined proposition—not an open comment thread.
- Editorial framing of the precise point in dispute
- Commissioned argument and counterargument
- Linked responses, disclosures and principal authorities
Reading discipline
Know what kind of publication you are reading
The format label defines the editorial purpose and the nature of the claim.
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Analysis
Evidence-led interpretation of judgments, legislation, doctrine, institutions and constitutional practice.
Open collection →0Commentary
Timely, sourced explanation of a legal development and its immediate significance.
Open collection →0Opinion
A clearly identified normative argument presented under the author’s name and responsibility.
Open collection →0Case Note
Structured examination of a decision’s facts, issues, reasoning, holding and doctrinal consequences.
Open collection →0Statute Note
Close analysis of legislation, proposed legislation, delegated rules and significant amendments.
Open collection →0Editorial
The institutional view of The Mandamus Editorial Board, expressly distinguished from signed contributor work.
Open collection →0Review
Critical engagement with legal books, reports, judgments and cultural work of legal significance.
Open collection →0Dispatch
A concise, carefully sourced intervention published soon after a significant legal development.
Open collection →Judicial reasoning
From the courts
Case notes separate facts, issues, reasoning, holding and doctrinal consequence.
Material facts
Only facts necessary to understand the legal question and procedural position.
Issues and holding
The question before the court and the proposition actually decided.
Reasoning
The path from authority and principle to result, including separate opinions.
Significance
What the decision changes, what it leaves open and how it should be assessed.
Editorial institution
Authority depends on a visible method.
The journal publishes its governance, source hierarchy, correction practice, funding safeguards, accessibility commitment and author requirements. These are working systems, not footer formalities.