21.
International Dictatorship or International Democracy. A Discussion of Albert Camus’ 1946 Considerations
(Tommaso Visone/Essay)
(Tommaso Visone/Essay)
... to revolt against their historical condition. To this end Camus stressed the importance of fighting for a new democratic world order that would have reversed the condition of international dictatorship ...
22.
An Internationally Intelligible Principle: Comparing the Nondelegation Doctrine in the United States and European Union
(Edward Grodin/Essay)
(Edward Grodin/Essay)
This article analyzes the degree of convergence between the United States and the European Union regarding the structural role of administrative agencies. As will be argued, the United States and European ...
23.
Rights of Minors and Constitutional Politics in the German Länder. Legal Framework, Party Strategies, and Constitutional Amendments
(Astrid Lorenz/Essay)
(Astrid Lorenz/Essay)
The article analyses constitutional politics in the German Länder in the field of minors’ rights. Since this issue seems a purely legal matter dealt with at the federal, European and international level, ...
24.
Eurozone, non-Eurozone and “troubled asymmetries” among national parliaments in the EU. Why and to what extent this is of concern
(Cristina Fasone/Essay)
(Cristina Fasone/Essay)
... undermine other. The article argues that such an outcome is produced by the combined effects of EU and international measures with national constitutional rules and case law, which can confer more or less ...
This special issue of the journal, which collects some of the papers presented at the latest World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law in Oslo, is entirely devoted to subnational ...
The embedment of states in a multilevel government environment created by rule-based international organizations, also impacts upon the position of subnational entities in federal and quasi-federal states. ...
27.
The international role of the European Parliament: The SWIFT Affair and the ‘re-assessed’ European institutional balance of power
(Maria Romaniello/Essay)
(Maria Romaniello/Essay)
... Treaty enhanced the European Parliament’s role in that field and although it cannot act as a full legislator, it nonetheless acquired new powers for acting internationally. One of the most important achievements ...
28.
Reshaping Disability Policy Making in Italy: The ‘Focal Point’, the National Observatory on the Situation of Persons with Disabilities, and... the Absence of Regions?
(Delia Ferri/Essay)
(Delia Ferri/Essay)
... of its own policy making process. It seems that Italy has taken its international commitment seriously, in compliance with Art. 117(1) of the Italian Constitution, for the last years have witnessed attempts ...
29.
Comparing the Subnational Constitutional Space of the European Sub-State Entities in the Area of Foreign Affairs
(Nikos Skoutaris/Essay)
(Nikos Skoutaris/Essay)
... European multilevel systems have allowed for the creation of such ‘sub-national constitutional space’ enabling their constituent units to be active in the international arena. It does so by examining the ...
30.
Subnational Constitutionalism in The Sars of the People’s Republic Of China. An Exceptional Tailored Suit Model?
(Paulo Cardinal - Yihe Zhang/Essay)
(Paulo Cardinal - Yihe Zhang/Essay)
Macau and Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China enjoy, via a complex web of constituent legal instruments (international treaties, norms of the PRC Constitution and, ...
31.
APPEAL TO EUROPEAN LEADERS For the euro and the European stability and development
(Centre for Studies on Federalism/Editorial)
(Centre for Studies on Federalism/Editorial)
The international economic and financial crisis and the problem of European sovereign debt is seriously undermining the foundations of the Eurozone: the European Union could disintegrate. The decision-makers ...
32.
The ‘enemy’ at the gates? Assessing the European military contribution to the Libyan war
(Fabrizio Coticchia/Essay)
(Fabrizio Coticchia/Essay)
... provided by the most relevant European counties involved in the intervention: UK, France and Italy. The NATO military mission has triggered a controversial debate in International Security Studies (ISS). ...
... treaties; 2. enhanced cooperation: 3. the conclusion of an international agreement. In this brief note, I am going to stress both the negative and the positive aspects of these options, trying ...
... has been reconceived over the years, we decided to propose a multidisciplinary itinerary where scholars interested in political and legal theory, EU, international and constitutional law produced a contribution ...
35.
Operation Atalanta and the Protection of EU Citizens: Civis Europaeus Unheeded?
(Joris Larik/Essay)
(Joris Larik/Essay)
... the coast of Somalia could rely on the promise of civis europaeus sum. The paper discusses the various legal aspects pertaining to the forceful protection of EU citizens in international law, EU ...
... guaranteeing a more orderly development of the international financial system. During the last phase, aimed at creating a real Federal Fiscal Union, the budget, based on own resources, would be managed ...
37.
One Mountain with Two Tigers- China and the United States in East Asian Regionalism
(Li Xing /Essay)
(Li Xing /Essay)
... and shaped by the historical evolution of the EU political project, cannot be applied as an overall conceptual framework in understanding regionalism in East Asia. Conventional theories of international ...
... conceptual level, (ii) through their similar roles as emerging international actors, and (iii) through the interplay between macro-regions and cross-border micro-regions ...
... the terminology used when dealing with independentist, irredentist and rattachist parties by complementing the traditional approach with studies from international relations. ...
40.
And nothing else matters. The ICJ’s judicial restraint in its Opinion on Kosovo’s Independence
(Giuseppe Bianco/Note)
(Giuseppe Bianco/Note)
The International Court of Justice gave its Advisory Opinion on the “Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo” few months ago. It found no prohibition ...