Characterisation in Federations
Subtitle: Six Countries Compared
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9783540271918
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Australia; Austria; Canada; Germany; India; USA; Constitutional; International; Federalism; Law / International; Law : Constitutional; comparative constitutional law; Comparative government; Federal government
Description: In this work Dr. Taylor surveys the federal countries of the world and asks how they divide power among the constituent units of the federation. In so doing, he considers not only the formal constitutional text, but, far more importantly, the case law that has grown up around it as the Courts develop approaches to interpreting provisions for the distribution of powers. This enables conclusions to be drawn about the effectiveness of various structural and interpretative approaches to the distribution of powers within federations.