About the CCC

Warwick Law School (WLS) has a longstanding tradition of studying world constitutions in their broader context. This tradition of contextual constitutional law dates back to the trailblazing work of former WLS members like Yash Ghai, Jill Cottrell Ghai, Martin Loughlin, and Upendra Baxi, and it continues today with the scholarship of many of WLS’s current members.

Recognising and building on this long-standing tradition, the Centre for Constitutions in Context (CCC) focuses on studying constitutions globally from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, exploring those constitutions in their geographical, historical, political, social, and cultural contexts. We investigate the many ways in which constitutional law does, and arguably should, interact with other disciplines.

Interdisciplinary in nature, the CCC brings together researchers and practitioners – both within and outside Warwick – from various disciplines, including law, history, politics and international studies, philosophy, sociology, and film studies, among others.

And in fulfilling the CCC’s aims, we organise and hold events, including workshops and symposia on issues relevant to the study of world constitutions, academic talks on new, seminal work in the field, and regular film screenings and led discussions.