Daniel Richman reviews the recent Percoco v. United States U.S. Supreme Court decision in which a unanimous court, partially on federalism grounds, overturned a state official's corruption conviction.…
M. Suresh Babu considers the costs of continued, serious disputes between India's national government and the states. Read more here.
Taye Berhanu explores the role that Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism has played in the nation's ongoing political challenges. Read more here.
Hongzhou Zhang and Alfred M. Wu offer an example of provincial defiance -- in this case, a ban on genetically modified organisms -- against the Xi Jinping…
An article in the Harvard Law Review analyzes the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico U.S. Supreme Court opinion from last term, and suggests that the ruling…
Maryam Jamshidi suggests that the sort of private enforcement actions described in Jon Michaels and David Noll's article "Vigilante Federalism" existed long before the period…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that it is awarding $82 million in grants for transportation safety to 235 localities. Read more here.
Jeffrey Steven Gordon writes that comparative judicial federalism is underexplored and that an "authoritative declaration of constitutional rights may vary with a country's particular…
A "leading case" article in the Harvard Law Review suggests that although the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Harper v. Moore largely rejected the so-called Independent State Legislature…
Ilya Somin writes that the diversity created by federalism helps to promote unity. Read more here.
Allison Whelan examines how state restrictions on pharmaceuticals approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration contribute to disparities in health-care access. She contends that…
A group of scholars explore the "political competition" among German state leaders to benefit the most from announced and actually implemented measures to combat the Covid…
C.R.G. Murray and Etain Tannam consider Northern Ireland's post-Brexit future and suggest that non-zero sum policies are still possible and should be explored. Read…
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