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Global Constitutionalism: History, Theory and Contemporary Challenges
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Abstract Notwithstanding the political origins of constitutionalism in the west and the leading role played by the United States in the creation of the new global order after WWII, this origin of the global constitutional project does not undermine the claims to universality underlying it. After laying out a... mehr
Notwithstanding the political origins of constitutionalism in the west and the leading role played by the United States in the creation of the new global order after WWII, this origin of the global constitutional project does not undermine the claims to universality underlying it. After laying out a basic account of some core theoretical premises guiding global constitutionalism, the article presents a series of genealogical reflections, in which the basic project of global constitutionalism is affirmed, even as some of its concrete features and their connection to great power domination - and US domination more specifically - is critically highlighted. It concludes that the core challenge that global constitutionalism faces is not the shift of power away from the west to other geographical areas, such as Asia and South America. Its core challenge are structural inadequacies that are glossed over complacently and self-interestedly by powerful actors claiming to speak in its name and discrediting its basic ideas among those who suffer as a result.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Konstitutionalismus
Klassifikation
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Politikwissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
American empire; affirmative genealogy; constitucionalismo global; critical genealogy; genealogia afirmativa; genealogia crítica; global constitutionalism; império americano
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 2732-2773
Zeitschriftentitel
Revista Direito e Práxis, 13 (2022) 4
ISSN
2179-8966
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)