ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines some recent decolonial epistemological contributions from Latin America. It devotes the legal pluralist turn, especially with regard to its potentially influential role in the westernized university; first, as a theoretical frame for critical research and second as the key element of transformative pedagogical legal initiatives. A brief analysis of the Bolivian constitution (2009) helps to better understand the connection between the decolonization of constitutional principles and the transformation of the legal epistemic order. This research project is intended to highlight the chronic violations of Indigenous human rights, and especially the provisions related with the right to prior consultation reflected in International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, among other legal instruments. The chapter concludes by urging legal scholars in the Global North to embark on the decolonization of legal education in westernized universities.
