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Planetary Constitutionalism: Constitutional Utopia for Post-Crisis, Post-Transitional and Post-Apocalyptic World
Planetary Constitutionalism: Constitutional Utopia for Post-Crisis, Post-Transitional and Post-Apocalyptic World

Author(s): Martin Belov
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: constitutional polycrisis; constitutional polytransition; global constitutionalism; transnational constitutionalism; constitutional apocalypse; post-anthropocentric constitutionalism;

Summary/Abstract: The article provides for an outline of a theory of planetary constitutionalism. Planetary constitutionalism is conceived as an alternative to dark constitutionalism the latter, being form of governance based on fear politics. Planetary constitutionalism, while currently utopia, is conceptualized as constitutional model for post-crisis, post-transition and post-apocalyptic world. It is proposal for universal, transgenerationally just, and post-anthropocentric society. The paper explains the concepts of constitutional polycrisis and constitutional polytransition, as well as various aspects of the theory of planetary constitutionalism as alternative to global constitutionalism, anthropocentric constitutionalism, and hierarchical, territorially entrenched constitutionalism.

  • Issue Year: 34/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-34
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English
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