The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain: Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opening Pandora’s Box: Process and Paradox in the Federalism of Political Identity....Pages 3-14
Contradiction and Crisis in the Federal Idea....Pages 15-28
From Competitive Federalism to Global Market Federalism....Pages 29-60
Multilevel Constitutionalism and Federalism: Reflections upon the Congress on “The Path to Federalism in the State of Autonomies”....Pages 61-72
Constitutional Courts in Federated States and Entities....Pages 73-82
Beyond Institutional Design: The Political Culture of Federalism (A Normative Approach)....Pages 83-102
Balancing Self-Rule and Shared-Rule: Sources of Tensions and Political Responses in Contemporary Political Systems....Pages 103-113
A Federalist’s Defence of Decentralization....Pages 115-124
Democracy-Coated Authoritarianism: How Federalism May Act as a Cover for Undemocratic Governments....Pages 125-134
The Challenges of the Federative Principle in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 135-143
Global Federalism: A Solution for the Global Economic Crisis?....Pages 145-153
Defending the Federation: The Federal Challenge to National Defence Policy Making in Canada....Pages 155-164
Some Questions Regarding Responsibility for Non-compliance with International Obligations in Federal States and in Spain....Pages 165-178
The Spanish Autonomous Model in Poland? The Political Concept of the Silesian Autonomy Movement....Pages 179-190
“Sustainable Differentiation”: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to Decentralization (A Comparative Study of Italy and Spain, with Special Attention to Constitutional Case Law)....Pages 191-199
Participation of the German Länder and Autonomous Communities in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis....Pages 201-217
The Construction of German Fiscal Federalism vs. the Deconstruction of Spanish “Fiscal Federalism”....Pages 219-231
The Senate: Chamber of Territorial Representation. Reasons for Its Existence....Pages 233-240
Reinventing the European Union: The Financial Crisis, an Opportunity for a Federal Model....Pages 241-253
Spanish State of Autonomies and Economic Freedom: Challenges of the European Economic Constitution Paradigm....Pages 255-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
The Once and Future Challenges of American Federalism: The Tug of War Within....Pages 267-302
The Historical and Contemporary Challenges of Canada’s Division of Powers....Pages 303-312
In Search of a Proper Federal Balance Between the Two Orders of Government: The Case of German Federalism....Pages 313-331
Current Challenges Faced by Swiss Federalism....Pages 333-349
The Road Towards Federalism in Italy?....Pages 351-374
The Current Challenges on the Belgian Federalism and the Sixth Reform of the State....Pages 375-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Current Issues Around Territorial Autonomy in Spain....Pages 395-419
Division of Powers, Distribution of Competences, and Configuration of Public Spheres in the Autonomous State Integrated in Europe....Pages 421-435
A Complex Model for Distributing Competences That Requires Further Safeguards....Pages 437-450
The Distribution of Competences in Spain a Year After the Ruling 31/2010 of the Constitutional Court: The Reaffirmation of the Unitary State ?....Pages 451-465
A Ruling on the Federalisation of the State....Pages 467-480
The Inevitable Jurisprudential Construction of the Autonomous State....Pages 481-500
The Distribution of Competences in Federal Systems: A Proposal for a Hypothetical Constitutional Reform in Spain....Pages 501-525
The Function of the Constitutional Court in the Distribution of Competences: A Critical Vision....Pages 527-543
Autonomous State Reform in the Face of Challenges from Regulation and Integration....Pages 545-564
Exclusive vs. Concurrent Legislative Power in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 565-577
The Competences and Faculties of the Autonomous Communities in the Area of Justice: Progress, Limits, and Alternatives for Reformulation....Pages 579-597
Organic Laws of Transfer or Delegation (Article 150.2 SC): An Open Door to the Modification of the Constitutional Distribution of Competences....Pages 599-617
One Feature of the Spanish Territorial Model: The Distinction Between Laws Rules That Assign Competences and Rules That Merely Delimit Them....Pages 619-633
The Authority Over the Administration of Justice in Spain: Current and Future Distribution Between the State and the Self-governing Communities....Pages 635-643
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
The Power-Distribution Nature of the Reserves of Organic Law in the Constitutional Case Law: The Case of the Organic Law of the Judiciary....Pages 645-654
The Role of the State in the Realisation of the Right to Housing....Pages 655-665