Alexandra Flynn explores the ways that Canada's federal structure affects efforts to improve housing accessibility. She suggests that "intergovernmental agreements, supported by a shared normative vision,…
In an op-ed, Joshua P. Cohen notes that fifteen states have joined a health network intended to align immunization recommendations. He writes that although…
Domenic Powell warns that aggressive preemption by the federal government of state regulatory power carries risks. He contends that differences among states' regulatory schemes…
Shubham Kumar pushes back against the argument that allowing union territories to have their own legislatures is "inefficient." Kumar suggests that such legislatures offer the…
The European University Institute has posted a position for Swiss Chair in Federalism and Democracy. The position is based in Florence, Italy. Read more…
Armin von Bogdandy and Luke Dimitrios Spieker compare the European Court of Justice's standards for the independence of national courts with U.S. Supreme Court case…
A group of writers contend that attempting to build a federal society based on coercion, rather than consent, would fail because under such circumstances "federalism…
Alykhan Velshi offers a "thought experiment" for conservatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan: how the two oil-and-gas-rich provinces could use the logic of aboriginal law to seek…
Fred O. Smith Jr. and Peter O'Neill "recover and reconstruct" the events that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1971 opinion, Younger v. Harris, the…
Arun Kumar and Anivar Aravind contend that a 2021 change in how funds are disbursed from the Union government threatens federalism because the states…
Joe Rossiter of the Institute of Welsh Affairs explores what Wales can do to control its own economic destiny as a relatively small, not-fully-devolved…
In an interview, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar asserts that the Trump administration poses a threat to democracy, but the nation's courts, media, and system of federalism provide…
Lisa Parshall of the Rockefeller Institute of Government considers the effect of the current federal government shutdown on states and localities. Parshall writes that the…
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