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Decolonizing Constitutionalism: Beyond False or Impossible Promises
Decolonizing Constitutionalism aims to contribute to a post-abyssal reflection on law and constitutionalism by considering the structural axes of power that are constitutive of modern law "capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchy" alongside the legal plurality of the world.
| Author(s) | Edited by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Sara Araujo, Orlando Aragon Andrade. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 338 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
Decolonizing Constitutionalism aims to contribute to a post-abyssal reflection on law and constitutionalism by considering the structural axes of power that are constitutive of modern law "capitalism, colonialism, and heteropatriarchy" alongside the legal plurality of the world.
Table of Contents: Boaventura de Sousa Santos; Sara Araujo; Orlando Aragon Andrade Preface Boaventura de Sousa Santos; Sara Araujo; Orlando Aragon Andrade Introduction Part 1. The vast landscape of constitutionalisms 1. Issa G. Shivji Do Constitutions Mat
Boaventura de Sousa Santos is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also Director Emeritus of the Center for Social Studies at the University o
