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RaisuL Islam Sourav

RaisuL SOURAV (MD RAISUL ISLAM SOURAV) is a Doctoral Researcher at the School of Law, University of Galway. He holds a Scholarship awarded by the College of Business, Public Policy and Law of the University of Galway to pursue his PhD. RaisuL’s research focuses on Regulation of Legal Analytics in the Legal Profession and investigates whether legal analytics tools enhance access to justice.

RaisuL Sourav is an Associate Professor (presently on study leave) at the Department of Law, Dhaka International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a qualified lawyer (Advocate) at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and a rights activist. He is the elected Ethnic Minorities Officer 2024-25 of the University of Galway Students’ Union (Aras-Na-Mac-Leinn).

Mr. Raisul worked as a lead consultant for a Road Safety law reform project in Bangladesh. He writes numerous Opinion Editorials (Op-eds) and scholarly articles in both national and international newspapers and magazines on contemporary legal and human rights issues. Raisul is currently the Senior Editor of University of Galway Law Review. Earlier he served as the Executive Editor of Dhaka International University Journal of Law and Human Rights.

He is a Quality Assurance (QA) expert in Bangladesh having international training on QA at tertiary level of education. He has experience to work in the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) along with the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh. Mr. Sourav performed the functions of Additional Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at DIU for more than seven years while he conducted self-assessment of different programmes and reviewed various QA related activities at DIU.

Raisul was a recipient of prestigious British Chevening Scholarship in 2017-18 (funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom) and achieved his second LLM in International Energy Law and Policy from the University of Stirling, UK. He has published his research outputs in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presented to esteemed international audiences.

Research Topic: Regulation of Legal Analytics to Protect the Interest of the Litigants and Fairness of the Judiciary.

Supervisors: Dr Rónán Kennedy & Dr Abigail Rekas

Scholarships & Awards

College of Business, Public Policy and Law, University of Galway

Chevening Scholarship 2017-18, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner Organizations, UK to pursue Master of Laws (LLM).

Online Academic Profiles

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raisul-Islam-Sourav

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-8581

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vg1xjikAAAAJ&hl=en

Academia: https://universityofgalway.academia.edu/RaisuLIslamSourav

SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=5449311

Selected Conference Presentations

1. A paper titled ‘Decoding Legal Analytics: Navigating the Prospects in the Digital Jurisprudence Era’ has been presented at the LINAS (Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions) Conference 2024: The Automation Generation: The Societal Implications of AI, ML and Big Data at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
2. A co-authored paper titled ‘Denied Property Right of Transgender People in Bangladesh’ had been presented at the Arts and Humanities Research Through Gender Lens: The University of Stirling Faculty of Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Conference 2018 at University of Stirling, UK.
3. A paper titled ‘Lead the Change: Make Access to Energy a Human Right had been presented at the Chevening Conference 2018 at University of Bristol, UK.
4. A co-authored paper titled ‘Modern Sources of Law: A South Asian Perspective’ had been presented at the Regional Conference & Governance Body Meeting of the Asian Society of International Law in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Selected Publications

Book Chapter

Sourav, M.R.I. (2023). Nuclear Disaster: Assessing the Compliance of Global Nuclear Safety Regime in Bangladesh. In: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_134-1

Journal Articles

Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “How Does the Law and Policy Encourage Towards a Low Carbon Energy Transition in the Scotland? ”, Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, Volume 24, 2019, ISSN 1998-5452, e-ISSN 2392-4101, Pp. 26-31.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “The Challenges of Defining Investor in International Investment Law ”, Indian Journal of Law and Justice, Vol. 9, No. 2, September 2018, ISSN 0976-3570, Pp. 145-155.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “The Dilemma of the Energy Law and Policy Triangle in the Recently Enacted Energy Laws and Policies in Bangladesh”, Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, Volume 22, 2018, ISSN 1998-5452, e-ISSN 2392-4101, Pp. 10-15.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Defining the Crime of Enforced Disappearance in Conformity with International Criminal Law: A New Frontier for Bangladesh”, Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2015, ISSN 1894-4183, Pp.221-235.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “In Quest of a Legal Framework for Domestic Workers in Bangladesh”, Journal of Malaysian & Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia; Vol. 41, No.: 2, December 2014; ISSN: 0126-6322; Pp. 21-34.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Unjust Land Right of Women in Bangladesh”, International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS), Vol. 1, No.: 3, April 2015, ISSN: 2394-7969, Pp. 5-13.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Construction Workers’ Rights and Safety: An Unsung Issue in Bangladesh”, Journal of Judicial Administration Training Institute, Vol. XVIII, June 2019, ISSN: 2220-6752, Pp. 199-222.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Necessity of Introducing ADR in Land Related Disputes Settlement”, Journal of Dhaka International University, Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2015, ISSN: 2077-0111.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Enactment of Right To Information Act in Bangladesh: Starting of a Stony Journey Towards Good Governance”, Journal of Dhaka International University, Vol. 6, No.: 1, June 2014, ISSN: 2077-0111, Pp. 51-64.
Sourav, Md. Raisul Islam, “Constitutionality of Mobile Court in Bangladesh”, Journal of Dhaka International University, Vol. 5, No.: 1, June 2013, ISSN: 2077-0111, Pp. 264-272.

Latest Newspaper Articles/Op-eds

COVID-19 and Quarantine: Personal Liberty vs Public Good, The Daily Asian Age/Daily Observer/Daily Sun, Dhaka, 3 April 2020.
The Legal Protection of Whistleblowers, The Daily Star, Dhaka, 25 May 2021.
In Quest of Justice Friendly Family Court, The Daily Star, Dhaka, 5 August 2022.
Online Content Regulation: Freedom of Expression, New Age, Dhaka, 10 September 2022.
Energy Justice to Combat Energy Crisis, New Age/Daily Sun/Business Standard/Daily Observer/Asian Age/Ittefaq/Jugantor, Dhaka, 15 October 2022.
The Proposed Motorcycle Movement Policy 2023 is Commendable, But…, The Business Standard/Daily Observer/Dainik Bangla, Dhaka, 3 March 2023.
People Who Come to Rescue of Accidents Victims Need Legal Protection, The Business Standard/The daily Sangbad, Dhaka,18 May 2023.
Legal Analytics and the Legal Profession, The Daily Star, Dhaka, 1 March 2024.
Beyond the Gavel: The Twists of Prenatal Sex Detection, Dhaka Tribune/The Business Standard/Samakal, Dhaka, 20 March 2024