¿Por qué comparar? Propósitos y desafíos del derecho constitucional comparado en el siglo XXI

María Dolores Collazos

doi:10.18046/prec.v18.4568

Authors

María Dolores Collazos Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales, Paris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/prec.v18.4568

Keywords:

Comparative Constitutional Law, Global Constitutionalism, Social Sciences Methods

Abstract

Comparative Constitutionalism has emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War as an important tool for democratic transitions and peacebuilding. However, the traditional approaches to comparative law don’t provide plausible explanations for new phenomena such as globalization and cross-court dialogue. Despite the resurgence of the field, Comparative Constitutionalism struggles with questions related to case selection and the ambivalence toward social sciences. This article captures the basic debate on the purposes and challenges of modern Comparative Constitutional Law. The principal idea is that the study of constitutionalism ought to embrace social sciences in order to construct a pluralist Comparative Constitutional Law.

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Author Biography

María Dolores Collazos, Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales, Paris

Investigadora asociada, Centro de Estudios Sociológicos y Políticos Raymond Aron (CESPRA) – EHESS (Paris). Doctor en Derecho y Sociedad, EHESS (Paris).

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