... politics in the German Länder. Firstly, I examine how far sub-national constitutional politics match the functioning of cooperative federalism that is a defining feature of the Grand Coalition state. Secondly, ...
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Promoting solidarity in crisis times: Building on the EU Budget and the EU Funds
(Katerina Pantazatou/Essay)
(Katerina Pantazatou/Essay)
This article examines the evolution of the EU ‘redistributive’ policies in the (post-) crisis EU era. By reviewing the EU cohesion policy, the financial assistance mechanisms, the new economic governance ...
... of different forms of legal interest. Part three examines how later case-law has tried to explain the problematic interpretation of early cases and its relationship with the Charter of Fundamental Rights ...
... systems and enhanced constitutionalism. In the course of the analysis, this paper examines the dynamics and determinants of federalist/subnational politics in Pakistan, the formal constitutional and ordinance ...
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The Evolutionary Economic Implications of Constitutional Designs: Lessons from the Constitutional Morphogenesis of New England and New Zealand
(Benjamen F. Gussen/Essay)
(Benjamen F. Gussen/Essay)
This paper examines the constitutional morphogenesis of New England and New Zealand to determine the effects on their respective economic development—specifically in terms of economic complexity. New England ...
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Multilevel Systems and Sub-National Constitutional Politics in Germany: a Qualitative Comparative Analysis
(Werner Reutter/Essay)
(Werner Reutter/Essay)
Are sub-national constitutional politics shaped by multilevel structures or by sub-national factors? That is the question I am tackling with in this paper. In order to answer this question I will examine ...
27.
Strengthening state constitutionalism from the federal Constitution: the case of Mexico
(José María Serna de la Garza/Essay)
(José María Serna de la Garza/Essay)
... democratic system. Specifically, three developments are examined: a) States’ constitutional reforms defining their own catalogues of human rights; b) Decisions of the Federal Electoral Tribunal enforcing ...
28.
Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Interpretation, and Subnational Constitutionalism
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
... Constitutional Court’s views on subnational direct democracy. The second case discusses the Spanish Constitutional Court’s decision on the Catalonian Statute. Thirdly, the paper examines US federal courts’ ...
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On the Brink of a Federal State? The Decentralisation Model of the Peruvian Constitution
(Maria Bertel/Essay)
(Maria Bertel/Essay)
... and organic provisions in the field of decentralisation to highlight the most crucial problem areas of the decentralisation process. I will examine the question of whether Peru is a unitary or a federal ...
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Thinking ahead of disasters. The role of risk regulation in the European Union
(Marta Simoncini/Essay)
(Marta Simoncini/Essay)
... what disaster risk mitigation should do is to facilitate the process of adaptation under stress by anticipating impact scenarios and the instruments of protection. This article examines the European Union’s ...
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Deferential dialogues between the Court of Justice and domestic courts regarding the compatibility of the EU Data Retention Directive with (higher?) national fundamental rights standards
(Ioana Pelin-Raducu/Essay)
(Ioana Pelin-Raducu/Essay)
This article examines the nature, purpose and effect of constitutional dialogues between the Court of Justice of the European Union and constitutional courts taking as example the difficulty encountered ...
32.
Indirect Taxation and the role of the European Court of Justice within the preliminary reference procedure
(Ricardo García Antón/Essay)
(Ricardo García Antón/Essay)
This article examines the interpretation of indirect taxes by the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter, “CJEU” or “the Court”) by means of the preliminary reference procedure. It is argued ...
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Comparing the Subnational Constitutional Space of the European Sub-State Entities in the Area of Foreign Affairs
(Nikos Skoutaris/Essay)
(Nikos Skoutaris/Essay)
... of the institutional opportunities that the Union composite constitutional order provides for the participation of the regional tier in its decision-making processes. The present paper examines how the ...
The referendum is a poorly used mechanism for direct participation in the Spanish system, at both state and regional level. The discussion on the feasibility of this system at regional level has been examined ...
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Federalism, Fiscal Federalism and Health Federalism: Standard Costs in Legislative Decree No. 68 of May 6th, 2011
(Giorgio Grasso/Essay)
(Giorgio Grasso/Essay)
... regarding the standard requirements of Municipalities, Metropolitan Cities and Provinces. The fourth section examines the close relationship between fiscal federalism and health federalism in Legislative ...
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The transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities within the Italian Fiscal Federalism Reform
(Filippo Scuto/Essay)
(Filippo Scuto/Essay)
The present article examines the process concerning the transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities, recently introduced in Italy pursuant to Decree 85/2010. The transfer of State owned ...
37.
Global Imbalances and the Transition to a Symmetric World Monetary System
(Riccardo Fiorentini/Essay)
(Riccardo Fiorentini/Essay)
... monetary system based on the dollar as a dominant reserve currency. Part I examines global imbalances, the causes of the US external deficit and the consequences of the international monetary asymmetry. ...
This article examines law no. 42 of 2009 which, in accordance with art. 119 of the Constitution, opens the way to the introduction of “fiscal federalism” in Italy. The new law falls within the sphere ...
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