Reflexive Law as Anti-Colonial Practice

Read full text
Authors: Julia Eckert
Cited by: 0

Abstract

The adoption of the discourse of decoloniality by the Hindu right in India, as well as by other ethnonationalist governments around the world, points to the problem that any decolonial project faces: Who is to define which normative alternatives we should appeal to when seeking to rid concepts and institutions of their colonial legacies? This brings us to the underlying question: What is the purpose of reflecting on colonial legacies in law?

Fields of Study & Subjects

Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law Legal and cultural studies analysis

Publication details

Publication date
13 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint