Public law and politics : rethinking the debate / Emilios Christodoulidis and Stephen Tierney -- Sovereignty and the idea of public law / Stephen Tierney -- Authority, exploitation and the idea of public law / Scott Veitch -- Public law as political jurisprudence : Loughlin's 'idea of public law' / Emilios Christodoulidis -- Reflections on The idea of public law / Martin Loughlin -- On law, democracy and imperialism / James Tully -- Democracy, political reflexivity and bounded dialogues : reconsidering the monism-pluralism debate / Hans Lindahl -- The reframing of law's imperial frame : a comment on Tully / Neil Walker -- Imperialism and constitutionalism / Gavin W. Anderson -- Constitutionalism as proceduralism : a glance at the terrain / Frank Michelman -- The crisis of im/purity / Johan van der Walt -- Between engagement and disengagement : two concepts of civility / Ioannis A. Tassopoulos -- Enabling proceduralism / Victor Tadros