Concurrent Powers in Federal Systems
Subtitle: Meaning, Making, Managing
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9789004337565
Subjects: Law
Description: Concurrency of powers ? the exercise of jurisdiction by federal governments and constituent units in the same policy areas ? is a key, if not the central, mode of governance in most federal systems today. Moreover, the experience has been that federal governments dominate the concurrent space giving rise to contestation. This volume, ?Concurrent Powers in Federal Systems: Meaning, Making and Managing?, edited by Professor Nico Steytler, is the first to examine from a comparative perspective this crucial issue confronting both established and emerging federations. Case studies of 16 countries on five continents dissect the various manifestations of concurrency, analyse what drives this modern governance mode, and review management strategies that seek to guard against central dominance of concurrent areas.