Nafiz Ahmed is a Bangladeshi academic. He reads and writes about legal philosophy and public law theory. His work has been published in reputed academic outlets, including, Public Law, Routledge, and Washington University Jurisprudence Review. Nafiz completed his Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from the University of Cambridge and his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from North South University with the highest distinction (summa cum laude).
Book Chapter
Journal Articles
Blog and Magazine Articles
- Bangladesh One Step Closer to Adopting the Doctrine of Proportionality?, International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog, 8 March 2023 <http://www.iconnectblog.com/bangladesh-one-step-closer-to-adopting-the-doctrine-of-proportionality/>
- A Glimpse to the Pragmatic Contribution from the History of International Human Rights Law, Cambridge International Law Journal, 6 October 2021 <http://cilj.co.uk/2021/10/06/a-glimpse-to-the-pragmatic-contribution-from-the-history-of-international-human-rights-law/>
- Making Social and Economic Rights Enforceable: Lessons from Nepal, Progress, 26 March 2024 <https://progressmagazine.net/2024/03/26/making-social-and-economic-rights-enforceable-lessons-from-nepal/>
- What if Socrates had Constitutional Rights, Progress, 15 July 2023 <https://progressmagazine.net/2023/07/15/what-if-socrates-had-constitutional-rights/>
- Bangladeshi Academia: An Education Industry of Producing Non-critical Thinkers, Progress, 4 November 2022 <https://progressmagazine.net/2022/10/24/bangladeshi-academia-an-education-industry-of-producing-non-critical-thinkers/>
- Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed on the Basic Structure Doctrine, 19 Legal Issue 28
Notable Newspaper Articles
- The reason we need a new constitution, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 9 October 2024 <https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/the-reason-we-need-new-constitution-3723421>
- Futility of restoring the non-party caretaker government, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 12 September 2024 <https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/futility-restoring-the-non-party-caretaker-government-3701181>
- Secularism and state religion in the Bangladesh Constitution, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 21 June 2024 <https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/secularism-and-state-religion-the-bangladesh-constitution-3637926>
- A matter of unconvincing Judicial opinions, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 17 May 2024 <https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/matter-unconvincing-judicial-opinions-3611956>
- Subordinate judiciary’s power of interpreting laws: Critiquing Terab Ali v Syed Ullah, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 25 August 2023 <https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/subordinate-judiciarys-power-interpreting-laws-critiquing-terab-ali-v-syed-ullah-3402651>
- Arresting Gamers: An Alarming Threat to Individual Liberty, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 4 August 2022 https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/arresting-gamers-alarming-threat-individual-liberty-3087721
- Judiciary participating in law-making An analysis on the Southern Solar Power Ltd Case, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 6 April 2021 https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/judiciary-participating-law-making-analysis-the-southern-solar-power-ltd-case-2072961
- Banning cryptocurrencies: A hurdle in the way of digitalisation?, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 29 July 2020 (with Md Khademul Islam Choyon) https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/banning-cryptocurrencies-hurdle-the-way-digitalisation-1937697
- Is this the time to reconsider socialism?, The Business Standard (Bangladesh), 21 July 2020 https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/time-reconsider-socialism-109384
- Law reports should be free, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 17 March 2020 https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/law-reports-should-be-free-1881931
- Precedents to be used to avoid the misuse of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 29 October 2019 < https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/law-watch/news/precedents-be-used-avoid-the-misuse-the-artha-rin-adalat-ain-1820158>
- Empathy: A skill we must learn, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 7 September 2019 https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/empathy-skill-we-must-learn-1796560
- A Step Backwards, Dhaka Tribune, 16 April 2019 https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/04/16/a-step-backwards
- Are we ready for bicameralism? Dhaka Tribune, 17 February 2019 https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/02/17/are-we-ready-for-bicameralism
- When the police break the law, Dhaka Tribune, 16 November 2018 https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2018/11/16/when-the-police-break-the-law
- Who are and are not lawyers?, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 6 November 2018 (With Saquib Rahman). https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/who-are-and-are-not-lawyers-1656538
- Is the Bangladesh Labour Act only for factory workers?, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 20 July 2018 https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/perspective/the-bangladesh-labour-act-only-factory-workers-1607986
- Compromising crimes: Legally possible?, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 19 June 2018 https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/compromising-crimes-legally-possible-1591837
- The ‘war on drugs’ will prove counterproductive in the long run, The New Age (Bangladesh), 12 June 2018 https://www.newagebd.net/article/43484/the-war-on-drugs-will-prove-counterproductive-in-the-long-run
- Safeguarding Our Rights, Dhaka Tribune, 18 April 2018 https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/2018/04/18/safeguarding-our-rights
- A Counterproductive Step, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), 22 February 2018 https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/society/counterproductive-step-1538002
Lectures and Presentations:
- Delivered an invtied lecture on "The Dangers of the Basic Structure Doctrine" hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Research and Education, 2 November 2024.
- Delivered an invited lecture on "Separation of Powers & Judicial Independence" hosted by Map of Justice on 24 August 2024.
- Delivered an invited lecture on "Independence of Judiciary: Theory and Effect" hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Research and Education, 7 August 2024.
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Federalism in Myanmar” hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Research and Education, 17 March 2024.
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Public Law Compensation” for the Laws of Tort class at University of Dhaka, 11 December 2023.
- Delivered an invited lecture on “An Autochthonous Constitution: A New Rule of Recognition & The Emergence of Bangladesh’s Legal System” hosted by the Reading Club Trust, 18 February 2023.
- Presented the inaugural working paper on “The Powers of the Guardian of Bangladesh’s Constitution” at North South University Law Working Paper Series, 1 December 2022.
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Who is the Guardian of the Constitution: Schmitt and Kelsen Debate”, hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Research and Education, 22 October 2022.
- Delivered an invited lecture on ‘The Intrinsically Uncertain Doctrine of Basic Structure’ hosted by the Reading Club Trust, 21 May 2022.
- Presented an original paper titled ‘The Doctrine of Basic Structure: Comparative Study of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan’ at the Public Law LLM Seminar, University of Cambridge, 11 March 2021.
- Presented an original paper titled ‘Scope of Claiming Monetary Compensation under Public Law by the Victims of Police Brutality’ at Intra Department Law Seminar – Summer 18, North South University, 18 August 2018.
- LLM, University of Cambridge
- LLB, North South University (Summa Cum Laude)
- Research Assistant of Prof. Md. Rizwanul Islam, Professor, Department of Law, North South University (January 2018 to October 2020).
- Research Associate of Dr. Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali, Associate Professor, North South University (July 2019 to October 2019).
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Law, North South University (September 2018 to January 2019).
- Consultant, International Labour Organisation (September 2024 to December 2024)
- Consultant, Helvetas Bangladesh (January 2024 to March 2024)
- Consultant, Democracy Internation (April 2022 to October 2022)
- Research Associate, Sattar&Co., Dhaka (October 2019 to June 2020)
- Intern, The Legal Circle, Dhaka (January 2019 to April 2019)
- Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
- Administrative and Regulatory Law
- Constitutional Laws of India, the UK and the USA
- Laws of Public Demands and Loan Recovery