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The Challenge of Diversity in a Multinational Federation: The Impact of the Judiciary on Pluralism in Canada
(Frédéric Bérard and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBi/Essay)
(Frédéric Bérard and Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBi/Essay)
Political rhetoric aside, has Canada, 150 years after its foundation, achieved its goal of preserving pluralism? How is pluralism defined within the Canadian framework? What was the judiciary’s contribution ...
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Promoting solidarity in crisis times: Building on the EU Budget and the EU Funds
(Katerina Pantazatou/Essay)
(Katerina Pantazatou/Essay)
... rhetorics and communications of political parties of all hues across the Union. ...
... de-constructs and challenges the weak rhetoric of transnational solidarity generously deployed by the Court of Justice at the beginning of the expansive cycle of its case-law on the transnational social ...
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Building Subnational Constitutionalism Through Identity Narratives. The Case of Spain
(Ilenia Ruggiu/Essay)
(Ilenia Ruggiu/Essay)
... of legitimization of more powers, and more symbolic strength for the Regions. Rhetoric narratives, such as historical rights (to self government, to a regional legal and justice system, to regional institutions) ...
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Regional electoral legislation in Italy. A short essay on the rise and fall of the myth of territorial differentiation
(Enrico Grosso/Essay)
(Enrico Grosso/Essay)
... widespread use of federalist rhetoric, and how scantily independent they appear to be. The effect is that the actual uniformity of electoral systems will cause a further step towards uniformity of party ...