ISSN: 2036-5438
- 1. Common Constitutional Patterns of Capital Cities in Europe
- (Essay)
- Giovanni Boggero This paper examines the dual role of European capital cities as both symbols of national sovereignty and autonomous local government units. Despite their increasing prominence in ...
- Created on 26 June 2025
- 2. The Road Less Travelled: Constitutionalising Internal Secession
- (Essay)
- ... secession process. This represents a significant departure from procedures outlined in other federal jurisdictions, as they impose limitations on the creation of new constituent units by allowing federal ...
- Created on 01 August 2024
- 3. Federalism and the Unit Question
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- Erika Arban This contribution engages with the unit question in federal systems. The key claim presented here is that we may need to re-think federal units according to different sets of criteria ...
- Created on 29 July 2024
- 4. ‘Spearheaded Asymmetry’ in “Multinational” European Federalising Processes: the Asymmetric Challenges in ‘Regional States’
- (Essay)
- ... (as a permanent asymmetry). Spearheaded asymmetry holds these two aspects together. Four sub-national units are studied in analysing this concept: South Tyrol and the Aosta Valley for Italy, Catalonia ...
- Created on 24 July 2024
- 5. Equalization and territorial integration in Canada: a nation building instrument?
- (Essay)
- ... in sub-units that are net receivers of funds; have an integrating function as they promote economic development and cohesion and tend to enhance a sense of belonging and solidarity among constituent units ...
- Created on 25 November 2022
- 6. Decriminalizing Abortion in Federal Systems
- (Essay)
- ... reforms in decentralized federal systems. In decentralized systems the country examples suggest it is prudent to target receptive subnational units despite resistance in other subnational units for advocacy ...
- Created on 04 April 2022
- 7. Self-rule vs. Shared Rule: The Design and Evolution of Federal Institutions in Colombia
- (Essay)
- ... these two hybrid configurations generates two distinct but related theoretical puzzles. First, why did the 1991 constitution simultaneously empower Colombia’s constituent units with self-rule only to disempower ...
- Created on 19 January 2021
