nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/294b46378f91cda5 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260212s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/294b46378f91cda5 doi eng 342 23 Roux, Theunis Author aut Liberal Constitutionalism in the Post-Colony - Contradiction in Terms or Case Study in Reflexive Globalisation? Roux, Theunis Verfassungsblog 2026-02-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Liberal constitutionalism is much maligned today as, at best, a culturally contingent approach to governance, and, at worst, epistemically hubristic. Concepts like the rule of law and the separation of powers, far from expressing universal truths, are said to be inseparably tied to the European Enlightenment. Their continued presence in constitutions around the world is less an indication of their durability and more a reflection of their current status as conceptual driftwood deposited at the high-water mark of Western hegemony. But is this an accurate account of liberal constitutionalism and does it really square with our understanding of the way legal concepts are recycled between North and South? CC BY-SA 4.0 India Liberal Constitutionalism Postcolonial Studies South Africa Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/liberal-constitutionalism-in-the-post-colony/ raw object