The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt caused serious disruptions to lives across the globe. These range from minor inconveniences to major consequences to personal, social, political, economic, and constitutional aspects. With the pandemic still present but its biggest effects waning, this framing article for our symposium on Covid-19 seeks to address the question of whether constitutional law should be rethought, recalibrated to create a more resilient, more egalitarian, and more protective constitutional order. It offers a series of provocations centered around the idea of care as a constitutionalist ideal by which to organize a refreshed post-Covid constitutional order. By care, I mean that which is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and safety of persons. The constitutionalization of care could mean a further reorientation of our constitutional focus from the usual “hard” subjects of constitutionalism, i.e. emergency power, pandemic regulation, and the continued working of the legislature, towards what may, so far, have been marginalized as “soft” constitutional subjects like social relations and families. These, I argue, are critical as Covid-19 has shown us that it is these “soft” constitutional subjects that have had the widest and deepest impact on the ground. This article therefore seeks to reconsider our constitutional epistemology.

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宪法化护理：我们如何在 Covid-19 之后扩大我们的宪法想象？

Covid-19 大流行无疑对全球生活造成了严重破坏。这些范围从轻微的不便到个人、社会、政治、经济和宪法方面的重大后果。由于大流行病仍然存在，但其最大影响正在减弱，这篇为我们的 Covid-19 研讨会撰写的框架文章旨在解决是否应重新思考和调整宪法以创建更具弹性、更平等和更具保护性的宪法秩序的问题。它提出了一系列挑衅，围绕着将护理理念作为一种立宪主义理想，以此来组织一个全新的后 Covid 宪法秩序。我所说的护理是指对人员的健康、福利、维护和安全所必需的。医疗保健宪法化可能意味着我们的宪法重点进一步从宪政的通常“硬”主题（即应急权力、大流行病监管和立法机关的持续工作）转向迄今为止可能被边缘化的“软”宪法主题，如社会关系和家庭。我认为，这些至关重要，因为 Covid-19 向我们表明，正是这些“软”宪法主题对当地产生了最广泛和最深刻的影响。因此，本文试图重新考虑我们的宪法认识论。被边缘化为“软”宪政主体，如社会关系和家庭。我认为，这些至关重要，因为 Covid-19 向我们表明，正是这些“软”宪法主题对当地产生了最广泛和最深刻的影响。因此，本文试图重新考虑我们的宪法认识论。被边缘化为“软”宪政主体，如社会关系和家庭。我认为，这些至关重要，因为 Covid-19 向我们表明，正是这些“软”宪法主题对当地产生了最广泛和最深刻的影响。因此，本文试图重新考虑我们的宪法认识论。