Characterisation in Federations : Six Countries Compared

Characterisation in Federations : Six Countries Compared

Author
Greg Taylor
Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Social Science

In this work Dr. Taylor surveys the federal countries of the world and asks how they divide power among the constituent units of the federation. In so doing, he considers not only the formal constitutional text, but, far more importantly, the case law that has grown up around it as the Courts develop approaches to interpreting provisions for the distribution of powers. This enables conclusions to be drawn about the effectiveness of various structural and interpretative approaches to the distribution of powers within federations.


Keywords: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Federalism / Germany / Comparative constitutional law / Constitutional law / Law / State / Survey