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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/294b46378f91cda5 https://verfassungsblog.de/liberal-constitutionalism-in-the-post-colony/ Liberal Constitutionalism in the Post-Colony - Contradiction in Terms or Case Study in Reflexive Globalisation? Roux, Theunis eng 2026-02-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 India Liberal Constitutionalism Postcolonial Studies South Africa Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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?