Despite clear resonances between the epistemic critique of Western legal thought and the epistemic agenda of transformative constitutionalism, there has been relatively little cross-fertilization between these two conversations.  This special issue seeks to foster that conversation.  We seek to place transformative constitutionalism’s epistemic frameworks in the context of a broader history about the movement and imposition of so-called “modern,” “liberal,” and “Western” legal categories across time and space, particularly in the Global South.