units' constitutional arrangements as an alternative to the reforms of the federal constitution. Looking at the case of … Spanish model of federalism and others. This is done through the study of the initiation of the Catalan reform process, its …

The common perception that Montesquieu is not a major theorist of federalism is due both to the peripheral nature of … his account of confederate republics and his praise of the unitary British Constitution in the Spirit of the Laws. This … study challenges this view by arguing that, despite his endorsement of the separation of powers, Montesquieu had serious …

As the U.S. Supreme Court imposes federalism-based limits on congressional power under the Commerce Clause and Section …

Measurement of both federalism and decentralization has been contentious. We introduce three new indicators reflecting … important aspects of both federalism and decentralization. The three new indicators are the result of principal component … evidence that it is important to distinguish between federalism and decentralization, if one is interested in ascertaining …

constitution. The principle of subsidiarity suggests that the more localities and regions vary from each other, either in terms of …

formalist reading of the Constitution, whose Vesting Clauses permit only Congress to make law and the President only to execute … resulting violation of the separation of powers, while pretending as a matter of doctrine that no violation occurs.This Article … the undermining of the separation of powers. Accepting delegation as a matter of doctrine allows us to delineate the …