Global Constitutionalism as agora: Interdisciplinary encounters, cultural recognition and global diversity

[...]contemporary constitutionalism’ must do more than merely projecting ‘modern’ constitutional traditions, be they liberal, nationalist, or communitarian (Tully 1995), onto literal contemporary claims. Since the journal’s earliest days, change through contestation has been a constant focus. [...]it was only appropriate that the first editorial introduced the theme of contestation of normative hierarchies within the international legal order. [...]novel research activities and scholarly formats have sought to emphasise and further carve out the journal’s offer to be an interdisciplinary site in the social sciences by organising specific events that speak to the agora role including for example, specific agora issues, symposiums and annual workshops. The post-colonial approach foregrounds an in-depth analysis on whether UK’s British Overseas Territories are colonies. [...]the idea of ‘persistent colonial constitutionalism’ frames the paper of Hakeem Olayinka Yusuf and Tanzil Chowdhury.