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1. Volume 12 - issue 3 - 2020: (Category); The following are the latest essays, review articles and notes published on Perspectives on Federalism, which will be collected in next issue. You can download also previous issues from the archive.; Created on 27 July 2021
2. Perspectives on Federalism web-site is updated as soon as new contributions are approved by reviewers and revised by the authors. They are then collected into three issues a year. You can freely download ...: (Archives); Perspectives on Federalism web-site is updated as soon as new contributions are approved by reviewers and revised by the authors. They are then collected into three issues a year. You can freely download ...; Created on 27 July 2021
3. “It Takes (Only) Two to Tango”: Conflicting Obligations on Geographical Indications in the EUMercosur ITA and in the US-Argentina ARTI: (Essay); Carlo M. Cantore The EU-Mercosur ITA contains obligations concerning the protection and enforcement of Geographical Indications (GIs) for certain products. The US-Argentina ARTI, signed weeks after ...; Created on 14 September 2026
4. The Treaty on European Union’s Mutual Defence Clause: Analysis and Future Perspectives: (Essay); Emanuele Agosti The principle that an attack on one is an attack on all is not, as the common debate suggests, an exclusively Nato principle. Rather, it is a duty contained in all mutual defence clauses, ...; Created on 15 August 2026
5. Delimitation, Malapportionment, and Federal Equity: The Political Economy of Representation in India: (Essay); Gaddam Rohin and Areeba Ahsanat Moazzam This paper discusses how representational asymmetries and fiscal distribution relate in a federal system with reference to the case of India. It theorises malapportionment, ...; Created on 15 August 2026
6. Federalism beyond government: thinking outside the (institutional) box through commons governance: (Essay); Nicolò Paolo Alessi and Chiara Salati Institutional pluralism, the traditional focus of federal studies, is increasingly complemented by forms of governance that challenge constitutional (and federal) ...; Created on 07 August 2026
7. Measuring Court-Curbing: (Essay); Michael A. Catalano How should we measure court curbing in light of the fact that judges distinguish between serious and nonserious court-curbing efforts and adjust judicial behavior accordingly? ...; Created on 18 June 2026
8. Constrained Federalism and the Limits of Urban Decentralization: Explaining India’s Urban Governance Deficit through Intergovernmental Political Economy: (Essay); Prakash Chittoor and Naveen Kolloju India’s urban governance reveals a central paradox of federalism: despite constitutional decentralization under the 74th Amendment, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) ...; Created on 05 June 2026
9. Symbolic Federalism and Real Exclusion: Post-Statehood Governance in Telangana and the Limits of Subnational Transformation: (Essay); Raju Chaketi, Swati Nupur Tigga and Naveen Kolloju The formation of Telangana in 2014 was widely celebrated as a landmark moment in the evolution of Indian federalism and as a decisive response ...; Created on 20 April 2026
10. In search of the identity of the Brazilian constitutional order: a dormant issue on this side of the Atlantic: (Essay); Luiz Guilherme Arcaro Conci This article aims to construct a workable concept of “constitutional identity” applicable to contemporary Brazilian constitutionalism, a topic largely dormant in the ...; Created on 27 March 2026
11. Towards a next generation of joint borrowing in Europe: (Essay); Ettore Dorrucci and Stefano Rossi Europe’s experience with the issuance of supranational debt backed by national sovereigns has spanned over seven decades by now. Despite differing aims and designs, ...; Created on 02 February 2026
12. From History to Identity: The Dynamics of Identitarian Constitutionalism in Russia: (Essay); Fedor Arkhipov This article explores constitutional identity in contemporary Russia, emphasizing the interplay of historical memory, internal ethnic and cultural diversity, and international influence ...; Created on 26 January 2026
13. US Federalism and the North-South Conflict: From Bicommunalism to Centralization: (Essay); Karl Kössler This article seeks to explore to what extent and how the North-South conflict in the United States and attempts at its resolution have interacted with the evolution of American federalism. ...; Created on 08 January 2026
14. A Comparative Review of the Federal Security Models in Nigeria and the United States of America: (Essay); Akapoti-Ajibola Sunday James, Azeez Olaniyan and Iseolorunkanmi Joseph Federalism is a system of government that shares power among different levels of government. Two dominant security models in ...; Created on 16 December 2025
15. Responsibility without Power: Federalism and the Dilemma of Internal Security Management in Nigeria: (Essay); ... sector reform that ensures the constitutional entrenchment of local security mechanisms for the component units—States and Local Governments—to enhance effective security governance. Download pdf ...; Created on 28 November 2025
16. Cities challenging federalism: how subsidiarity can help: (Essay); Chiara Salati This paper explores the challenge that cities pose to federalism. Cities are increasingly emerging as sites not only of institutional pluralism, but also of social pluralism where ...; Created on 26 November 2025
17. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Gender-Based Violence: (Essay); Mariam Balavadze In the modern era, the development of technology is an irreversible process. Humanity has reached a stage where artificial intelligence can perform tasks that were once possible ...; Created on 26 September 2025
18. Decentralization in Italy and Greece: a diverging trajectory: (Essay); Yannis Radin Italy and Greece are two Mediterranean countries that are often paralleled in public policy and discourse because of their strong party patronage systems, perceived bureaucracy, Napoleonic ...; Created on 26 August 2025
19. Washington D.C. as a global center of power projection and its relevance for the interaction of State(s) and religion(s): (Essay); Pasquale Annicchino This contribution explores Washington D.C.’s unique role as a global epicenter in the production and dissemination of legal ideas, particularly in the context of U.S. power projection ...; Created on 08 July 2025
20. London: The Past, Present, and Future of the Seat of Constitutional Monarchy: (Essay); Oliver Garner London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. This unitary state is composed of four constituent nations under the ‘devolution’ arrangements, that may be regarded as ‘asymmetric ...; Created on 08 July 2025

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