Global Constitutionalism: History, Theory and Contemporary Challenges
Journal: Revista Direito e Práxis
Year: 2022

Abstract Notwithstanding the political origins of constitutionalism in the west and the leading role played by the United States in the creation of the new global order after WWII, this origin of the global constitutional project does not undermine the claims to universality underlying it. After laying out a basic account of some core theoretical premises guiding global constitutionalism, the article presents a series of genealogical reflections, in which the basic project of global constitution