30 October 2026
Confluence Constitutionalism
What does a Bollywood soundtrack have to do with the future of constitutionalism? More than one might think. Just as Chutney music defies notions of cultural purity, constitutionalism has emerged from centuries of entanglement between Western and non-Western ideas. Challenging both Eurocentric histories and romanticised visions of an authentic indigenous past, the idea of confluence constitutionalism opens up a different path to decolonisation. Continue reading >>
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30 October 2026
Liberal Constitutionalism Beyond the West?
Globalisation has not simply involved the diffusion of a Western constitutional model. It has also involved the transformation of the tradition itself. Liberal constitutionalism is no longer the hegemonic global governance ideology or model it used to be. Rather, it can be understood as an evolving, interpretively open, experimentalist tradition. Starting from these premises, my book engages the five critiques set out above. Continue reading >>
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05 February 2026
Reflexive Globalisation, Law and Placemaking
Students demand the decolonization of curricula. Civil society debates the presentation of Non-Western artefacts and entangled histories in museums across the world. European governments apologize for slavery and genocidal killings, while former colonies request reparations, and the Indian legislature decolonizes the Indian Penal Code. The legacies of colonialism and empire are debated everywhere these days. We propose that these developments signal a new phase in the dynamics of globalisation. Continue reading >>
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