Journal Name: International Journal of Constitutional Law

Volume Number: 18

Issue Number: 1

Abstract:

This Afterword considers Hirschl and Shachar’s Foreword on spatial statism by situating the discussion within existing debates on postcolonial legacies and constitutional pluralism. It argues that surfacing the critical links between space and state power provides fresh perspectives to analyzing the consolidation of power in a colonial and postcolonial state and gives further insight into claims by indigenous groups and other groups for spatial autonomy within more pluralistic arrangements. Finally, this Afterword examines how challenging the state’s spatial monopoly has important and essential implications for the politics and laws of belonging.