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On the Brink of a Federal State? The Decentralisation Model of the Peruvian Constitution
(Maria Bertel/Essay)
(Maria Bertel/Essay)
In 2001, constitutional amendments significantly changed the Peruvian Constitution’s chapter on decentralisation. A distribution of competencies was introduced and various organic laws were enacted in ...
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European Citizens… Mind the Gap! Some Reflections on Participatory Democracy in the EU
(Delia Ferri/Essay)
(Delia Ferri/Essay)
Since 1957, the European Economic Community (EEC) has undergone profound constitutional changes, dictated by the geographic and functional expansion of the EU, but also by the need to heal its original ...
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Thinking ahead of disasters. The role of risk regulation in the European Union
(Marta Simoncini/Essay)
(Marta Simoncini/Essay)
... at achieving resilience against disasters. Being resilient means having the abilities to resist, adapt to stressful changes and to bounce back to the original structure. In a resilience-oriented context, ...
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The Introduction of the "Balanced Budget" Principle into the Italian Constitution: What Perspectives for the Financial Autonomy of Regional and Local Governments?
(Antonella Gagliano/Essay)
(Antonella Gagliano/Essay)
... authorities and public borrowing has been broadly prohibited. What is the actual significance of the changes introduced by Constitutional Law no. 1/2012 for the financial autonomy of Italian sub-national ...
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Indirect Taxation and the role of the European Court of Justice within the preliminary reference procedure
(Ricardo García Antón/Essay)
(Ricardo García Antón/Essay)
... that the nature of the relationship between the national courts that send requests for preliminary rulings and the CJEU has undergone profound changes. By analysing the case law in the field of indirect ...
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The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–20 – Best European value for less money?
(Mario Kölling/Essay)
(Mario Kölling/Essay)
... understanding materialises, then this would not only be a major step to convert the budget into an instrument to overcome the crisis but also change the nature of the communitarian budget. In this article, ...
27.
Subconstitutionalism in a Multilayered System. A Comparative Analysis of Constitutional Politics in the German Länder
(Astrid Lorenz - Werner Reutter/Essay)
(Astrid Lorenz - Werner Reutter/Essay)
... we will present some explanations for these differences and similarities (2.), and finally we analyze some issues concerning changes of Land constitutions (3.) ...
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What Role for Regional Assemblies in Regional States? Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in Comparative Perspective
(Cristina Fasone/Essay)
(Cristina Fasone/Essay)
... of reforms and adaptation or decide to adopt institutional solutions already experimented or ‘constitutionally prepackaged’, without any changes. Secondly, it is highlighted that, with the exception of ...
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Regional electoral legislation in Italy. A short essay on the rise and fall of the myth of territorial differentiation
(Enrico Grosso/Essay)
(Enrico Grosso/Essay)
Up to 15 years ago the Constitution entrusted State law with the task of regulating the election system of regional councillors. Since the nineties there have been radical changes in the provisions (constitutional ...
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Legislative initiative and popular participation in the 1948 Constitution and its transposition in the first generation
(Anna Maria Poggi/Essay)
(Anna Maria Poggi/Essay)
... life. At the beginning of the Nineties, the Public Administration proceedings were amended and some instruments of citizens’ participation were introduced. These changes influenced the future discipline ...
31.
Redefining Parliamentary Sovereignty: The Example of the Devolution Referenda
(Eleonora Harris/Essay)
(Eleonora Harris/Essay)
... this evolution is the extent to which the referendum has been used to put forward major constitutional changes in this new order. In that regard, this paper, which is divided into two parts, retraces the ...
... of EU acts. This article aims to analyse whether this momentous change is reflected in the judgments of the Court of Justice, and more precisely how the Luxembourg judges are dealing with this source. ...
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EU Citizenship, Naturalisations, and Mythical Cultural Exceptionalism in Europe Today
(Dimitry Kochenov/Essay)
(Dimitry Kochenov/Essay)
... and consolidation of EU citizenship changed the whole framework of reference within which any Member State nationality operates and should be discussed. The argument is that, particularly in the EU context, ...
34.
Protection of EU citizens abroad: A legal assessment of the EU citizen’s right to consular and diplomatic protection
(Madalina Bianca Moraru/Essay)
(Madalina Bianca Moraru/Essay)
... in the field of consular and diplomatic protection of citizens abroad and how this change influences the role of the Member States in a traditional State-like activity ...
The debate on federalism in Iraq is interrelated with the identity conflict which has dominated Iraqi politics since the regime change in 2003. Federalism was proposed and became constitutional in 2005 ...