Perspectives on Federalism is a free on-line peer-reviewed journal, promoted by the Centre for Studies on Federalism.

1. The EU-Member State Relationship as a Principal-Agent Problem
(Endre Orbán/Essay)

... agency relationships within the European Union, and presents legal and political solutions of the founding treaties which aim to tackle the agency issues. Furthermore, the study analyzes two fundamental ...

2. Rising to the Populist Challenge: Social Security prescriptions for the Italian Welfare State
(Davide Orsitto/Essay)

Nowadays, the European Integration process is challenged by a rise in anti-establishment parties proposing policies reactionary to globalization. Italy, one of Europe’s founding nations and largest economies, ...

3. Commanders-in-chief beyond the border: analysing the powers of heads of state in Northern American federalism
(Tiago de Melo Cartaxo/Essay)

... the United States Founding Fathers opted to follow a republican and presidential path, the Canadian constitutional system developed a framework under the British monarchic background, in part as a rejection ...

4. The Evolutionary Economic Implications of Constitutional Designs: Lessons from the Constitutional Morphogenesis of New England and New Zealand
(Benjamen F. Gussen/Essay)

... Constitutional economics, through the works of its founding father, James Buchanan, is employed to explain the effects of these constitutional choices. The paper argues that empowering local government ...