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The Making and Ending of Federalism
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This compilation, The Making and Ending of Federalism, includes the main topics addressed by recognized experts on federalism at the Conference of the International Association of Federal Studies (IACFS) held in Innsbruck, Austria, on 28-30 October 2021. It analyzes how federal and quasi-federal systems are created and if there are common patterns or certain conditions that promote the emergence or the demise of federal systems, including case studies from Brazil, Spain, and Italy.
Peter Bußjäger, Ph.D., is Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Innsbruck, Director of the Institute for Federalism in Innsbruck and Judge at the State Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Mathias Eller, Ph.D., is Assistant at the Institute for Federalism in Innsbruck.
Julia Oberdanner, LL.M., is Assistant at the Institute for Federalism in Innsbruck and Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute for Public Law, State- and Administrative Science at the University of Innsbruck.
Mathias Eller, Ph.D., is Assistant at the Institute for Federalism in Innsbruck.
Julia Oberdanner, LL.M., is Assistant at the Institute for Federalism in Innsbruck and Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute for Public Law, State- and Administrative Science at the University of Innsbruck.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Part 1
Introductory Remarks
The Making and Ending of Federalism
Part 2
The Emergence of Federalism
1 Why the World Did Not Come Together The Failures of the ‘Committee to Frame a World Constitution’
Eva Maria Belser and Salome Hunkeler
2 Economic and Fiscal Factors in the Development of Federal Constitutions Lessons from the History of the German Reich and the European Union
Gisela Färber
3 Aggregative and Devolutionary Federalism Revisited The Impact of the Founding on the Federal System
Karl Kössler
4 Federal Dynamics and Stability The Quest for the Most Optimal Structure of Political Systems
Patricia Popelier
5 Was the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederation a European Construction?
John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone
Part 3
The Making and Ending of Federalism – Theory and Case Studies
6 The Constitutional Eschatology of Federalism
Anna Gamper
7 Municipalities and Public Policies in the Brazilian Federation
Gilberto M.A. Rodrigues, Klaus Frey and Vanessa Elias de Oliveira
Part 4
Country Reports
8 The Weight of History The Preservation of a Centralised Judiciary in the Spanish Decentralised State (and Its Consequences)
Jordi Jaria Manzano
9 The Making of Italian Regionalism Foundation, Evolution and Perspective through a Compact among the Constituent Units
Paolo Colasante
Notes on Contributors
Part 1
Introductory Remarks
The Making and Ending of Federalism
Part 2
The Emergence of Federalism
1 Why the World Did Not Come Together The Failures of the ‘Committee to Frame a World Constitution’
Eva Maria Belser and Salome Hunkeler
2 Economic and Fiscal Factors in the Development of Federal Constitutions Lessons from the History of the German Reich and the European Union
Gisela Färber
3 Aggregative and Devolutionary Federalism Revisited The Impact of the Founding on the Federal System
Karl Kössler
4 Federal Dynamics and Stability The Quest for the Most Optimal Structure of Political Systems
Patricia Popelier
5 Was the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederation a European Construction?
John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone
Part 3
The Making and Ending of Federalism – Theory and Case Studies
6 The Constitutional Eschatology of Federalism
Anna Gamper
7 Municipalities and Public Policies in the Brazilian Federation
Gilberto M.A. Rodrigues, Klaus Frey and Vanessa Elias de Oliveira
Part 4
Country Reports
8 The Weight of History The Preservation of a Centralised Judiciary in the Spanish Decentralised State (and Its Consequences)
Jordi Jaria Manzano
9 The Making of Italian Regionalism Foundation, Evolution and Perspective through a Compact among the Constituent Units
Paolo Colasante
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