Federalism is a very familiar form of government. It characterises the first modern constitution-
that of the United States-and has been deployed by constitution-makers to manage large …

Arguments in favour of a more explicit and clearer EU stance on secession from a member
state–two different cases for secession and their implications–the inadmissibility of unilateral …

This book offers a new theory of federalism. The work critically discusses traditional federal
theories and builds on theories that focus on the dynamics of federalism. It offers a definition …

Does federalism fuel tensions in divided states? This paper addresses this question from a
power-sharing angle. It provides a longitudinal analysis of the evolution of ethno-territorial …

This article, a pilot study, examines the behavior of courts in federalism disputes. It explores
the circumstances that lead courts to take a centralist or, more interestingly, a noncentralist …

THIS BOOK CRITICALLY reviews and evaluates the European Union's (EU) expe-rience
with the principle of subsidiarity and its policing by national parliaments under the Early …

This book examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism and the
effects asymmetry produces on legitimacy and stability in federal and quasi-federal systems …

An urgent question in contemporary federal theory is how institutions impact upon the
centralization grade of multi-tiered systems. This article focuses on constitutional courts as …

Treaty making is a site of struggle between those who claim the authority to speak and act
on the international stage. The European Union (EU) is an important test case in this respect …

European Court of Human Rights–Protocol No. 16–Advisory Opinions–Managing backlog–
Unpredictable effects–Complex judicial dialogue–Interplay with preliminary rulings of …