... on Federalism will pay due attention to the activities of the Conference and to their relevance in the present time. As usual, we encourage our readers to submit articles, review essays and notes, or ...
... plurality and diversity and thus inject federal ideas into the two systems. Federalism is, hence, not only an overall structure that shapes the judicial system but an intrisic part of judcial review. ...
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European Integration and Minority Nationalism: a Literature Review and Avenues for Further Research
(Michal Strnad/Essay)
(Michal Strnad/Essay)
... tensions impact on minority nationalism? Current literature is silent on this issue. Therefore, this review article seeks to survey past and present literature dealing with the complex and ambiguous ...
... to understandings of the provision by reviewing its main features and contextualising its deployment in the general Polish rule of law crisis, with the aim of evaluating whether it can now be considered ...
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Attempts to change the British House of Lords into a second chamber of the nations and regions: explaining a history of failed reforms
(Meg Russell/Essay)
(Meg Russell/Essay)
... nations and regions’ have repeatedly failed. This paper reviews the proposals made, and the obstacles they faced – drawing lessons for Britain, and territorial bicameralism more widely. ...
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Constitutional and administrative paradigms in judicial control over EU high and low politics
(Pola Cebulak/Essay)
(Pola Cebulak/Essay)
This article explores the particular tensions surrounding judicial review in EU external relations. The tensions are classified using a two-dimensional framework. Firstly, a distinction based on policy ...
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The Revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020. A Round-up of Key Issues at Stake
(Magdalena Sapała/Essay)
(Magdalena Sapała/Essay)
By the end of 2016 the European Commission is expected to present its mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020. The results of the review may open the way for a revision of ...
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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)
The Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division of the England and Wales High Court handed down its decision on 20 April 2016 in the judicial review case of Shindler. This ruling confirmed that British ...
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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 ...
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An Internationally Intelligible Principle: Comparing the Nondelegation Doctrine in the United States and European Union
(Edward Grodin/Essay)
(Edward Grodin/Essay)
... power and allows for sufficient judicial review. However, the Supreme Court has taken a more permissive approach than the Court of Justice in defining the limiting principle. The United States has loosened ...
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Reform options for the EU budget – First reflections on the new departure for a new EU budget
(Mario Kölling/Essay)
(Mario Kölling/Essay)
... by the end of 2016 at the latest, a review of the functioning of the MFF. The review will be accompanied by a legislative proposal for the revision of the MFF 2014-2020. This revision could provide an ...
... beyond the wording of the Treaty, and the increasing criticism stimulated by this evolution. In reviewing the main relevant issues and critical viewpoints related to the European Council, some aspects ...
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A new Commission for a new era. Is the parliamentarization of the European Commission the way forward?
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
... role), the paper contends that, in a new era of closer Economic and Political Union, we need a strengthening and democratization of the European Commission and discusses how to attain it. Firstly, it reviews ...
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The “Arab Spring” and the EU’s “Democracy Promotion” in Egypt: A Missed Appointment?
(Tommaso Virgili/Essay)
(Tommaso Virgili/Essay)
The aim of this article is to review the European partnership with Egypt under the European Neighbourhood Policy, in order to assess the effectiveness of the EU policy in the promotion of democratization ...
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Answers to Spanish centrifugal federalism: Asymmetrical federalism versus coercive federalism
(Esther Seijas Villadangos/Essay)
(Esther Seijas Villadangos/Essay)
... different intentions: the federalization of Spain implies a previous transition to federalism from a virtual field to a real field. We will review the main features in this transition. Post-conversion, ...
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What Scope for Subnational Autonomy: the Issue of the Legal Enforcement of the Principle of Subsidiarity
(Werner Vandenbruwaene/Essay)
(Werner Vandenbruwaene/Essay)
... engage with the possible strategies for enforcement, which include Better Regulation programs, procedural mechanisms such as the EU protocol n. 2, and judicial review. These mechanisms, and their interaction, ...
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Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Interpretation, and Subnational Constitutionalism
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
This paper analyzes the impact of courts and different systems of judicial review on subnational constitutional autonomy. Focus is put on the question on which interpretive guidelines courts may draw when ...
... be overlooked. The article confronts the problem by reviewing what the social science theory of concepts teaches for the construction of methodologically sound definitions of concepts. It employs the insights ...
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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)
... are also explored. The case-law where constitutional courts exercised their competence to indirectly review the validity of EU legislation is discussed in light of the constitutional pluralism paradigm. ...
Which is the meaning of constitutional review for a proper assessment of subnational constitutionalism? The essay tries to answer this question by means of comparative analysis. To do so, it considers ...