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September 24, 2025History and AnthropologyOpen Access

Supreme histories and brittle democracies: Courts, law, and contested regimes of historicity

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Courts are key sites where historical narratives are contested, and legitimacy within a nation is sought.
The analysis draws on theoretical debates from anthropology, socio-legal studies, and history, focusing on liberal law's obscured historical context.
Competing regimes of historicity reflect the power dynamics in legal interpretations and their implications for political formations.
Understanding historicity as a political concept reveals how nations reproduce conflicting historical claims through legal mechanisms.

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This issue explores how courts shape claims to political sovereignty and social contestations, indicating the political nature of historicity.

Fuchs et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This issue explores how courts shape claims to political sovereignty and social contestations, indicating the political nature of historicity.