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The course will study the legacies of empire and colonialism that are becoming visible everywhere these days - but also shape various debates in public law. The course will turn to various dimensions and implications of these legacies in comparative constitutional, public international and European Union law. It will draw on history and political theory, especially post-/decolonial theories to contextualize public law. It will use examples (such as the concept of development and democracy) to understand how empire and colonialism have shaped constitutional, international and European Union law and their scholarly reflection over time. But it will also turn to the future and ask participants to explore the potentials (and pitfalls) for re-imagining public law and its scholarship in the 21st century through the colonial lens. The course is an invitation to rethink public law and the role of legal scholarship in a truly global way mindful of the broader legacies of modernity and colonialism. |
