Introduction: the return of the material constitution Marco Goldoni and Michael A. Wilkinson; Part I. History: 1. The tradition of the material constitution in Western Marxism Marco Goldoni and Michael A. Wilkinson; 2. The soul of the state: the question of constitutional identity in Carl Schmitt's Verfassungslehre Jens Meierhenrich; 3. Laski's materialist analysis of the British constitution Martin Loughlin; 4. Rudolf Smend's legacy in German constitutional theory Tim Wihl; 5., The constitution in the material sense according to Costantino Mortati Lucia Rubinelli; 6. The material constitution of the dual State Lars Vinx; 7. 'A certain shadowy totality': in search of the material constitution of the United States Rob Hunter; 8. 'The material constitution in Greek constitutional thought' Nikolas Vagdoutis; 9. The constitution as social compromise: hybrid constitutionalisation and the legacy of Wolfgang Abendroth Kolja Möller; 10. 'Self-justifying law of constitutional law': the material constitution in Rudolf Wiethölter's critical systems theory Gunther Teubner; Part II. Challenges: 11. The material constitution and imperialism Eva Nanopoulos; 12. The material constitution of Federation Signe Rehling Larsen; 13. The materialist turn in constitutional thought Emilios Christodoulidis; 14. Three registers of the material constitution Neil Walker; 15. What matter(s)? a processual view of the material constitution Mariano Croce; 16. The material constitution and the rule of recognition Francesco Bilancia and Stefano Civitarese Matteucci; 17. Constitutional matter and form (an exploration of constitutional language) Denis Baranger; Part III. Analyses: 18. A material understanding of constitutional changes: revisiting 'constitutional maintenance' doctrines Graziella Romeo; 19. The material constitution in Latin American courts Mariana Velasco-Rivera and Joel Colón-Ríos; 20. A materialist analysis of the Indian constitution Sandipto Dasgupta; 21. China's material constitution Bui Ngoc Son; 22. The material constitution and extractive political economy: lessons from Mongolia Jennifer Lander; 23. The military in the material constitution of Turkey Tarik Olcay; 24. The material constitution of international investment law Jessica Lawrence and Tom Flynn; 25. The 'terrible' functional constitution of the European Union: 'sound money', economic freedom(s) and 'free competition' Agustin José Menéndez.