Abstract

We are not in postcolonial times, rather neo-colonial, in relation to the nucleus of colonialism: the dominion over indigenous peoples by already invasive people, or of states constituted on their territories by descendants of those who invaded and settled. The decolonisation monitored by the United Nations since 1960 adopted principles that even created new neo-colonial situations in decolonised latitudes. Subsequently, two relevant attempts at rectification have taken place: the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples by the United Nations and in the founding of Plurinational States. The idea of the Plurinational State does not always respond to situations of colonialism, but in the case of Latin America, it does so by posing a challenge to which some Constitutions are being addressed, not the respective governments.

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Bartolomé Clavero. is a Spanish jurist and historian, expert in history of law. He is currently Full Professor of Law at the University of Seville, Spain. He has been a professor at several Universities (Free of Lisbon, Portugal, Sassari and Messina, Italy, Federal Univesity of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, La Cordillera, Bolivia, and Chicago, Arizona and California (Berkeley and San Diego), USA.

His research has focused on the history of institutions of Castile, non-state law in Spain, European preconstitutional legal anthropology, and to comparative constitutionalism between Europe and America. It has a vast work published on the subject, with emphasis on

- Ama llunku, Abya Yala. Constituyencia indígena y código ladino por América, Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2000.

- Genocidio y Justicia. La Destrucción de Las Indias, Ayer y Hoy, Madrid: Marcial Pons Editores, 2002.

- Freedom’s Law and Indigenous Rights: From Europe’s Oeconomy to the Constitutionalism of the Americas, Berkeley: University of California, 2005.

- Geografía Jurídica de América Latina: Pueblos Indígenas entre Constituciones Mestizas, México: Siglo XXI, 2008.

- Constitucionalismo Latinoamericano: Estados Criollos entre Pueblos Indígenas y Derechos Humanos, Santiago: Ediciones Olejnik, 2016.

Activity within the Doctoral Programme Postcolonialisms and Global Citizenship   and the ALICE Project