ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. The territorial aspect of second chambers in Latin American federal countries
- (Essay)
- ... of this study of territorial representation in bicameral and federal Latin American countries support Madison's paradox and reveal that second chambers in federal Latin America have been ineffective in ...
- Created on 06 December 2022
- 2. The Reallocation of Special Drawing Rights to the Benefit of the African Continent: A Proposal for Euro Area Countries
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- ... to US $650 billion in August 2021, it has been argued that the wealthiest economies should ‘redirect’ (or ‘re-channel’) at least some of their new SDRs to the benefit of the most vulnerable countries. ...
- Created on 08 November 2022
- 3. Sub-national Constitutional Law in Argentina: Considerations on the nature and scope of provincial constitutions
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- ... countries of the world, sub-national constitutional law and its importance in the constitutional order are being (re)discovered. The main aim of this paper is to study the delimitation of the sub-national ...
- Created on 12 March 2024
- 4. An Inconvenient truth: the narrow trade-off between Equity and Climate Security
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- ... for a sample of 29 countries that cover industrialized and developing economies. In its concluding remarks, the paper underscores the need for a balanced approach that comprises both climate change mitigation ...
- Created on 17 October 2023
- 5. The Spanish model of protection of rights within the subnational level: a crossroad between the German and Italian cases
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- ... perceived as a model for the two countries named above. Many years have passed since the introduction of subnational rights at the beginning of this century, characterized by the great recession (2008-2013) ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 6. Earmarking grants in a federal polity
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- The ongoing transition from layered-cake federalism to marble-cake federalism led to an increasing role of intergovernmental grants in many countries. The field of higher-education is an example. Central ...
- Created on 21 November 2022
- 7. Next Generation Africa: Economic impact and mutual benefits from a strategic EU-Africa partnership
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- ... countries at an aggregate level, especially after the outbreak of the pandemic. The second part provides an approximate estimate of the impact of Next Generation Africa on aggregate economic growth and ...
- Created on 04 November 2022
- 8. Federalism in the 2015 and 2018 Peace Agreements in South Sudan – But What Kind of Federalism?
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- ... of people and influx of refugees into neighbouring countries and beyond. The Southern Sudan region was a battleground for multiple rounds of civil war. A federal or federal-type arrangement was proposed ...
- Created on 20 June 2022
- 9. Decriminalizing Abortion in Federal Systems
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- ... and reform. Advocates must also recognize and counter conservative actors stifling reform through multiple access points. The article further considers federal countries where the power to regulate abortion ...
- Created on 04 April 2022
- 10. The EU-Member State Relationship as a Principal-Agent Problem
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- Ever since the European Union came into existence many theories have addressed the state of European integration. This paper tries to offer a further interpretation building on the principal-agent concept. ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 11. European Taxes and Fiscal Justice: Citizens’ Support and Lessons from the US
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- ... countries, shows that the citizens support the introduction of European taxes, such a tax on large internet companies, which could reinstall the tax justice, provide more revenues for delivering EU-wide ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
- 12. The future of the EU-ACP relations: possible scenarios after the end of the post-Cotonou negotiations
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- ... favourable to a so-called ‘umbrella agreement’, consisting of a single agreement applicable to the EU and all ACP countries and regional protocols, the ACP States look more in favour of maintaining the ...
- Created on 21 January 2021