ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. Indefinite detention of refugees ruled unconstitutional by the High Court of Australia – an opportunity for Europe to pause for thought?
- (Notes)
- ... with no prospects of resettlement to be unconstitutional. As governments around the world grapple with the challenges posed by mass migration, this article considers the consequences of the High Court ...
- Created on 05 March 2024
- 2. The ever-recurring salience of asymmetric federalism
- (Editorial)
- As I write these lines, discussions about asymmetric regionalism are at the top of the political agenda in Italy. Towards the end of the 17th parliamentary term, in 2017, the regional governments ...
- Created on 02 May 2023
- 3. Marching in line through the crisis or setting one’s own course in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic? A comparison of six policies, 16 states and two shutdowns in the German federation
- (Essay)
- When combating the pandemic, federations face the additional challenge that the responsibilities for political actions do not reside in one hand but are divided between several governments. Therefore, ...
- Created on 15 December 2022
- 4. The territorial aspect of second chambers in Latin American federal countries
- (Essay)
- ... expressing the territorial dimension. Alternative formats of subnational participation in central government have emerged, such as executive-based bodies comprising the central and regional governments ...
- Created on 06 December 2022
- 5. Earmarking grants in a federal polity
- (Essay)
- ... governments in federalist countries claim that earmarked resources can better achieve policy goals. This discussion paper evaluates the goal attainments in a billion-worth program for higher education ...
- Created on 21 November 2022