Shohini SENGUPTA
Shohini Sengupta explores constitutional ethnography through Melissa Crouch’s The Palimpsest Constitution, examining colonial legacies, lived experiences & the social life of constitutions.
Suhail Rashid BHAT
Suhail Rashid Bhat addresses the importance of thinking about constitutions as social phenomena, as explored in Melissa Crouch’s ‘The Palimpsest Constitution’/
Malini SUR
Mailni Sur discusses the significance of Melissa Crouch’s ‘The Palimpsest Constitution’ for frontier zones and groups in Myanmar and Northeast India.
Professor Amy J. COHEN
Professor Amy J Cohen writes about Professor Melissa Crouch’s new book, The Palimpsest Constitution, which examines how past constitutional texts matter in the present day. Professor Cohen highlights one of the core messages of the book – that alternative constitutions can have a profound impact on the democratic and legal landscape of a jurisdiction.
Visakesa CHANDRASEKARAM
Visakesa Chandrasekaram discusses Melissa Crouch’s book ‘The Palimpsest Constitution’, highlighting the value of constitutional ethnography for understanding Myanmar’s ‘constitutional despotism’.




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Melissa CROUCH
In the concluding post of our Palimpsest Constitution symposium, Melissa Crouch explores what Myanmar reveals about constitutional pluralism, legal ethnography and the continuing struggle for civilian rule.