... and restraint in respect of Member State autonomy. Through creative and pragmatic conflict-resolution the EU can and should conjure the political courage to find the limits of potential commitment. ...
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Jurisdiction and Pluralisms: Judicial Functions and Organisation in Federal Systems
(Jens Woelk/Essay)
(Jens Woelk/Essay)
... to the main hypothesis to be tested in the case studies, the underlying rationale of the respective federal systems will determine the concrete ways in which the judiciary is organised. Geographically, ...
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Regional responses to COVID-19: A comparative analysis of EU and ASEAN policies to counter the pandemic
(Maria Papageorgiou and Daniella S. Nogueira Melo/Essay)
(Maria Papageorgiou and Daniella S. Nogueira Melo/Essay)
... ASEAN. This comparative analysis accounts for the different forms of integration and the varying COVID-19 spread levels between them. The documentation of the respective policies highlights the different ...
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Fiscal Federalism Policy in Somalia: Emerging Challenges and Agenda for Reform
(Najibullah Nor Isak and Ali Yassin Sheikh Ali/Essay)
(Najibullah Nor Isak and Ali Yassin Sheikh Ali/Essay)
... issues in Somalia, and two practitioner experts experienced in various Sub-Saharan states’ fiscal policies with respect to federalism. The study also analyzed the observed situation regarding fiscal-federalism ...
... activism with a newly developed “strength index” that measures possible reverberations of decisions made by constitutional courts in the political realm. In this respect, the project addresses a central ...
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A New Form of Democratic Oversight in the EU: The Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group for Europol
(Ian Cooper/Essay)
(Ian Cooper/Essay)
... rather than a whole policy field. The JPSG is also distinctive in a number of key respects, including a stronger legal basis, more restrictive membership and participation rules, greater continuity of ...
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Beyond Second Chambers: Alternative Representation of Territorial Interests and Their Reasons
(Francesco Palermo/Essay)
(Francesco Palermo/Essay)
The paper contends that bicameral systems, irrespective of their differences in composition and powers, are unfit to represent territorial interests in the national decision-making process, except in some ...
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The implementation of EU law by national administrations: Executive federalism and the principle of sincere cooperation
(Rui Tavares Lanceiro/Essay)
(Rui Tavares Lanceiro/Essay)
This paper explores the similarities between the EU’s system of administrative implementation of its legislative acts, and the German and American systems of administrative implementation of their respective ...
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A Federal Turn? The European Union's Response to Constitutional Crises in the Member States
(Matteo Bonelli/Essay)
(Matteo Bonelli/Essay)
... to federal-like enforcement. Solutions to national crises must ultimately respect the constitutional balance between the Union and the Member States. ...
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The Interpretive Function of the CJEU and the Interrelationship of EU and National Levels of Consumer Protection
(Geraint Howells and Gert Straetmans/Essay)
(Geraint Howells and Gert Straetmans/Essay)
... irrespective of the underlying level of harmonisation, and with the backing of the European legislator’s intention of ensuring a high level of consumer protection, the CJEU is gradually painting the average ...
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Commanders-in-chief beyond the border: analysing the powers of heads of state in Northern American federalism
(Tiago de Melo Cartaxo/Essay)
(Tiago de Melo Cartaxo/Essay)
Canada and the United States of America are examples of how two constitutional systems in the same region may adopt substantially different solutions in respect of the powers of the head of state. While ...
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The Legitimacy of Discriminatory Disenfranchisement? The Impact of the Rules on the Right to Vote in the Bremain/Brexit Referendum
(Allan F. Tatham/Editorial)
(Allan F. Tatham/Editorial)
... be of interest to others in considering questions of legitimacy in respect of the eventual outcome of the popular vote on 23 June. Unlike other states, the UK has no established rules on referendums and ...
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Rights of Minors and Constitutional Politics in the German Länder. Legal Framework, Party Strategies, and Constitutional Amendments
(Astrid Lorenz/Essay)
(Astrid Lorenz/Essay)
... and contents of respective initiatives vary significantly in the period from 1999 to 2014. These variations were due to different party strategies, diverging party platforms and majority constellations ...
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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)
The reform of the economic governance in the EU, as a reaction to the Eurozone crisis, has increased the asymmetries in the Union. Although formally respected, the principle of equality of the Member States ...
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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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Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Interpretation, and Subnational Constitutionalism
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
... constitutional provisions were respectively dealt with in civil law and common law jurisdictions with different forms of constitutional review have been selected: The first case relates to the Austrian ...
While the study of federalism has in many respects reached an advanced stage today, there nevertheless remains a troubling absence of agreement as to the precise meaning of the concept. It is subject to ...
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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)
... may, by the end of the day (2047 and 2049, respectively), result in different SARS profiles and different sedimentation of the autonomic traits of Macau and of Hong Kong ...
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Cooperation or Silent Rivalry? The EU and the USA in the Mediterranean – The Case of Egypt
(Wolfgang Zank/Essay)
(Wolfgang Zank/Essay)
For decades the US has had a hegemonic position in the Middle East. A key country in this respect has been Egypt. However, in recent decades the EU has made itself increasingly felt in the region. Due ...
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The Indian and Chinese policies towards Africa: a veritable challenge to EU-led interregionalism?
(Emanuele Pollio/Essay)
(Emanuele Pollio/Essay)
... respective regional and interregional policies are generating a competitive “politics of interregionalism” in the African context, where the EU is seeking to perform as a credible “normative power”. In ...