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

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Opening Pandora’s Box: Process and Paradox in the Federalism of Political Identity
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   Chapter 2 Contradiction and Crisis in the Federal Idea
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   Chapter 3 From Competitive Federalism to Global Market Federalism
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   Chapter 4 Multilevel Constitutionalism and Federalism: Reflections upon the Congress on “The Path to Federalism in the State of Autonomies”
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   Chapter 5 Constitutional Courts in Federated States and Entities
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   Chapter 6 Beyond Institutional Design: The Political Culture of Federalism (A Normative Approach)
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   Chapter 7 Balancing Self-Rule and Shared-Rule: Sources of Tensions and Political Responses in Contemporary Political Systems
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   Chapter 8 A Federalist’s Defence of Decentralization
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    Chapter 9 Democracy-Coated Authoritarianism: How Federalism May Act as a Cover for Undemocratic Governments
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    Chapter 10 The Challenges of the Federative Principle in the Twenty-First Century
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    Chapter 11 Global Federalism: A Solution for the Global Economic Crisis?
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    Chapter 12 Defending the Federation: The Federal Challenge to National Defence Policy Making in Canada
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    Chapter 13 Some Questions Regarding Responsibility for Non-compliance with International Obligations in Federal States and in Spain
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    Chapter 14 The Spanish Autonomous Model in Poland? The Political Concept of the Silesian Autonomy Movement
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    Chapter 15 “Sustainable Differentiation”: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to Decentralization (A Comparative Study of Italy and Spain, with Special Attention to Constitutional Case Law)
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    Chapter 16 Participation of the German Länder and Autonomous Communities in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis
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    Chapter 17 The Construction of German Fiscal Federalism vs. the Deconstruction of Spanish “Fiscal Federalism”
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    Chapter 18 The Senate: Chamber of Territorial Representation. Reasons for Its Existence
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    Chapter 19 Reinventing the European Union: The Financial Crisis, an Opportunity for a Federal Model
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    Chapter 20 Spanish State of Autonomies and Economic Freedom: Challenges of the European Economic Constitution Paradigm
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    Chapter 21 The Once and Future Challenges of American Federalism: The Tug of War Within
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    Chapter 22 The Historical and Contemporary Challenges of Canada’s Division of Powers
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    Chapter 23 In Search of a Proper Federal Balance Between the Two Orders of Government: The Case of German Federalism
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    Chapter 24 Current Challenges Faced by Swiss Federalism
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    Chapter 25 The Road Towards Federalism in Italy?
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    Chapter 26 The Current Challenges on the Belgian Federalism and the Sixth Reform of the State
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    Chapter 27 Current Issues Around Territorial Autonomy in Spain
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    Chapter 28 Division of Powers, Distribution of Competences, and Configuration of Public Spheres in the Autonomous State Integrated in Europe
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    Chapter 29 A Complex Model for Distributing Competences That Requires Further Safeguards
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    Chapter 30 The Distribution of Competences in Spain a Year After the Ruling 31/2010 of the Constitutional Court: The Reaffirmation of the Unitary State ?
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    Chapter 31 A Ruling on the Federalisation of the State
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    Chapter 32 The Inevitable Jurisprudential Construction of the Autonomous State
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    Chapter 33 The Distribution of Competences in Federal Systems: A Proposal for a Hypothetical Constitutional Reform in Spain
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    Chapter 34 The Function of the Constitutional Court in the Distribution of Competences: A Critical Vision
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    Chapter 35 Autonomous State Reform in the Face of Challenges from Regulation and Integration
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    Chapter 36 Exclusive vs. Concurrent Legislative Power in the Federal Republic of Germany
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    Chapter 37 The Competences and Faculties of the Autonomous Communities in the Area of Justice: Progress, Limits, and Alternatives for Reformulation
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    Chapter 38 Organic Laws of Transfer or Delegation (Article 150.2 SC): An Open Door to the Modification of the Constitutional Distribution of Competences
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    Chapter 39 One Feature of the Spanish Territorial Model: The Distinction Between Laws Rules That Assign Competences and Rules That Merely Delimit Them
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    Chapter 40 The Authority Over the Administration of Justice in Spain: Current and Future Distribution Between the State and the Self-governing Communities
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    Chapter 41 The Power-Distribution Nature of the Reserves of Organic Law in the Constitutional Case Law: The Case of the Organic Law of the Judiciary
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    Chapter 42 The Role of the State in the Realisation of the Right to Housing