Decolonising comparative (constitutional) law: a pragmatic approach

• RACHELE CECCHI ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Florence

     University of Florence

     Firenze, Italia

     
• Localización: Revista general de derecho público comparado, ISSN 1988-5091, Nº. 35, 2024
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • DESCOLONIZAR EL DERECHO (CONSTITUCIONAL) COMPARADO: Un enfoque pragmático
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• Resumen
  • español

    ¿Es posible descolonizar el Derecho (comparado)? ¿Y qué significa en la práctica hacerlo? Estas preguntas ya no son eludibles para los juristas, y especialmente para los juristas comparatistas que hacen de las herramientas comparativas y del análisis del ordenamiento jurídico extranjero el pilar distintivo de su propia identidad como investigadores. A la luz de la urgencia de tales interrogantes, la contribución tiene como objetivo reconstruir la erudición sobre la descolonización de los estudios jurídicos comparados, y especialmente del derecho (constitucional) comparado, explorando las principales reflexiones y desafíos en el campo, siguiendo el desarrollo práctico de una investigación desde su encuadre (epistemología), hasta el esfuerzo real (metodología) y, finalmente, hasta el propósito y el impacto de la investigación (difusión y divulgación).

  • English

    Is it possible to decolonise comparative (constitutional) law? And what does it mean practically to do so? Those questions are not anymore avoidable by lawyers, and especially by comparative lawyers who make the comparative tools and the analysis of foreign legal system the distinctive pillar of their own identity as researchers. In light of the urgency of such interrogatives, the contribution aims at reconstructing the scholarship on the decolonisation of comparative legal studies, and especially of comparative (constitutional) law, exploring the main reflections and challenges in the field by following the practical development of a research from its framing (epistemology) to the actual endeavor (methodology) and finally to the research purpose and impact (dissemination and outreach).

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