• Jacky HUMMEL

          Professor, IDPSP UR 4640, University of Rennes 1

This colloquium aims to show that the historiographical presentation

of constitutional cultures has always been thought out and

mobilised with the intention of building and consolidating a national identity.

Through its political and normative uses, constitutional history has always been

closely linked to the discourse of constitutional law.

Its narration can only proceed from a work of deciphering the representations

that are at the heart of a constitutional order and that form the basis of its identity.

In this respect, it is known that the historical self-consciousness

of European nations has been formed particularly through the study of law

(historical visions derive mainly from national legal systems).

Institut du Droit Public et de la Science Politique (IDPSP)
EA4640