ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. ‘Spearheaded Asymmetry’ in “Multinational” European Federalising Processes: the Asymmetric Challenges in ‘Regional States’
- (Essay)
- Matteo Monti In comparative federalism studies, the category of asymmetry is being explored more and more. However, the traditional category of asymmetry, developed for federal states, does not ...
- Created on 24 July 2024
- 2. 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
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- ... during the Covid-19 pandemic all federations showed efforts to coordinate their reactions. In Germany, the ‘Länder’ (states) decided on agreements concerning containment measures during regular conferences. ...
- Created on 15 December 2022
- 3. Common Constitutional Patterns of Capital Cities in Europe
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- ... economic and environmental spheres, capitals remain deeply embedded in their states’ administrative structures, balancing their functions as political and cultural hubs with local self-government. The ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 4. The real choice: European or national rearmament, supranational or intergovernmental European defence?
- (Editorial)
- Roberto Castaldi The debate on European defence seems confused. This is due to the fact that when member states cannot deal with a supranational problem, which requires at least European, if not ...
- Created on 09 May 2025
- 5. Endogenous Limits of the Right to Conscientious Objection: Does a Conscientious Objector Have the Right to Refuse Even 1-Day Military Service?
- (Note)
- ... 9, but also the right of access to a court under Article 6 has been violated. This is because, although the low fines and short-term prison sentences imposed by states for non-compliance with compulsory ...
- Created on 09 April 2025
- 6. Modi’s Nehru Jacket: President’s Rule Invocations during the tenures of Prime Ministers Nehru and Modi
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- ... Modi used Nehru’s tactics (jacket) to impose PR impositions particularly against opposition-ruled states to counter dissent and empower single party-personality hegemony at national and provincial levels. ...
- Created on 20 November 2024
- 7. Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa. A Rejoinder
- (Review articles)
- ... Cambridge University Press, 2023. This book makes a groundbreaking and compelling contribution to the law and politics of decentralization in the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states. Download ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 8. Book Review: Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa - Aslı Ü. Bâli and Omar M. Dajani (eds.)
- (Review articles)
- Nickson Mayieka Oira This work critically analyses the Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, edited by Aslı Ü. Bâli and Omar M. Dajani, Cambridge University ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 9. The Road Less Travelled: Constitutionalising Internal Secession
- (Essay)
- ... the Constitution, allows the Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (NNPs) of Ethiopia, the term the Constitution uses to refer to ethnic groups, to establish their own states, at any time. The right to internal ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 10. The Current Challenges to Asymmetric Federalism in India in Comparative Perspective
- (Essay)
- ... in India in 2019 by the Union government and its judicial approval in 2023 has been very challenging to Indian federalism. Since the States in India are based mostly on some ethnic identity, any attack ...
- Created on 22 July 2024
- 11. Federalism and institutional structure
- (Editorial)
- ... hand, in several member states, including France and Germany, the vote resulted in a major setback for the ruling political parties, with obvious implications on the political authority of some national ...
- Created on 22 March 2024
- 12. Independence in the European Union
- (Essay)
- Francisco Pereira Coutinho The dream of “independence in Europe” has been driving the very successful political action of nationalist movements in substate regions such as Catalonia, Flanders, ...
- Created on 21 March 2024
- 13. Comparing fiscalisations: a review of Fiscal Unions by Tomasz Woźniakowski
- (Review articles)
- A review of Fiscal Unions: Economic Integration in Europe and the United States by Tomasz P. Woźniakowski (OUP 2022). Download pdf
- Created on 05 October 2023
- 14. EU law and inter se agreements in defence matters: Mapping the interplay
- (Essay)
- Historically, the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has not been the sole framework for defence cooperation between Member States. Indeed, several ad hoc multilateral agreements coexist with ...
- Created on 30 May 2023
- 15. The Spanish model of protection of rights within the subnational level: a crossroad between the German and Italian cases
- (Essay)
- The territorial entities of the federal States carry out an essential work in terms of protection of rights and freedoms. The recognition of subnational declarations, their development through ordinary ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 16. Next Generation Africa: opportunities and challenges of a new instrument reallocating European SDRs to the African Continent
- (Essay)
- ... of resources from European states to Africa might entail, both in terms of supporting the development of the African continent through the definition of a ‘Next Generation Africa’, and in terms of a substantial ...
- Created on 09 November 2022
- 17. Time for a Next Generation Africa
- (Essay)
- ... of Africa to the future of Europe we suggest the EU Member States should consider pooling part of the SDRs recently received to launch Next Generation Africa. This major investment plan, of both grants ...
- Created on 03 November 2022
- 18. The EU-Member State Relationship as a Principal-Agent Problem
- (Essay)
- ... The basic idea is expressed by the dilemma whether the EU should exclusively be seen as an agent of the Member States, or the situation is much more complex. The paper is going to detect three types of ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 19. Cookie Policy
- (Contents)
- ... This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on ...
- Created on 29 July 2021
- 20. Editorial Board
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- ... Research Group on Subnational Constitutions in Federal and Quasi-Federal Constitutional States Editorial Board Salvatore Aloisio Lecturer of Public Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia ...
- Created on 02 July 2021
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