Bilateral Federalism and Canadian Healthcare
Tom Mcintosh writes that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges faced by the Canadian healthcare system, but also presents opportunities for improvements in intergovernmental efforts…
Tom Mcintosh writes that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges faced by the Canadian healthcare system, but also presents opportunities for improvements in intergovernmental efforts…
A group of scholars compare state "shield laws" -- laws designed to protect abortion patients and providers -- from seven states. Read more here.
Kamaile Turcan considers how the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision West Virginia v. EPA could affect federal preemption of state laws. Read more here.
Athanasios Psygkas discusses an "ideal type" of federal-state interaction in the realm of public participation in administrative policy-making and federalism. Read more here.
Michael G. Breen and Iain Payne explore a recent shift in emphasis toward the study of localities in federal systems. Read more here.
Howard L. Zwickel and Evelyn M. Tenenbaum contend that Congress's authority to restrict states' Eleventh Amendment immunity should be strengthened. Read more here.
A group of scholars have edited Fiscal Federalism in Canada: Analysis, Evaluation, Prescription (Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 2023). The book's contributors offer regional, provincial, and Indigenous perspectives, as…
An editorial in The Hindu contends that the Supreme Court of India's upholding of the removal of Jammu and Kashmir's special status is "ominously anti-federal." Read…
Delia Parker explores whether interpleader can be invoked to challenge the validity of "bounty hunter" state statutes -- such as a recent abortion law in Texas or…
Bizuneh Yimenu reviews how ethnic federalism came to be in Ethiopia and what its key characteristics are. Read more here.
The Supreme Court of India has upheld the government's revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's autonomy. Read more here.
Karla Jones of the American Legislative Exchange Council contends that "federal overreach" is a problem both in the United States and in Baghdad. Read…
In a blog post, Steve Lafleur considers the challenges of sorting out which level of government is best suited to different tasks. Read more here.
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