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Changing federal constitutions : lessons from international comparison
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- Creator
- Arthur Benz, Felix Knüpling (eds.)
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Opladen : Barbara Budrich Publ., 2012
- Physical Details
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- 420 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9783866495531, 3866495536, 3847400002, 9783847400004
- OCLC
- ocn795177571
- Papers from a conference held Feb. 2011.
- "This volume is based on a research project 'Patterns of federal constitutional reform' which was carried out at the Institute for European Constitutional Science, FernUnviersität in Hagen and the Institute for Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt"--Preface.
- "Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institute for Political Science"--Page [2].
- "Forum of Federations"--Page [2].
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-414) and index.
- Unity versus diversity : federalism as an ever evolving system / Angelica Schwall-Düren -- The relevance of constitutional change in federal systems / John Kincaid -- Swiss federalism, fiscal equalization reform and the reallocation of tasks / Dieter Freiburghaus -- Why federal reform succeeded in Switzerland / Gérard Wettstein -- The "Austrian Convention" : the failure of an ambitious reform / Peter Bussjäger -- Constitutional negotiations in cooperative federalism : the case of Germany / Anton Hofmann -- Federal reform and party politics : the case of the Fifth Belgian State Reform / Dave Sinardet -- Negotiating the Charlottetown Accord in Canada / Nadia Verrelli -- The limits of flexibility for constitutional change and the uses of sub-national constitutional space : the case of Spain / César Colino and José A. Olmeda -- Britain's constitutional moment / James Mitchell -- Federalising a regionalised state : constitutional change in Italy / Franco Bassanini -- Decentralisation and territorial reforms in France : how constitutional constraints impact strategies for reform / Patrick Le Lidec -- Constitutional amendment rules in federal and unitary states / Markus Kaltenborn -- Constitutional rigidity and procedures for ratifying constitutional reforms in EU member states / Carlos Closa -- Regional actors' participation in constitutional reform : opportunities, limits and risks / Jörg Kemmerzell and Bettina Petersohn -- Austria after the Austrian Convention / Christoph Konrath -- Constitutional change in Canada after Charlottetown / Marc-Antoine Adam and Martin Fournier -- German federalism after two reforms / Wolfgang Renzsch -- Federalism and constitutional change : lessons from comparison / Arthur Benz and Felix Knüpling