{"title":"Litigating Regionalism in Italy: the Constitutional Court and the Dynamics of the Territorial Constitution","authors":"M. Nicolini","doi":"10.5771/9783748910817-93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748910817-93","url":null,"abstract":"Whether Italy is a quasi-federal system, or a decentralized unitary state is a matter of scholarly disagreement.1 Undoubtedly, the answer to this question depends on the criteria applied when ascribing Italy to either taxonomy. As it lacks a chamber representing regions at the national level,2 for instance, U.S.-related approaches to federalism rank Italy among non-federal jurisdictions. Such uncertainty suggests we reappraise Italian regionalism from an alternative perspective. This article focuses indeed on the dynamics of the Italian constitution, as well as on the actors that allow them to evolve, in order to grasp its most relevant features. Beginning with the dynamics, these revolve around the concept of ‘territorial constitution’, which points to the geography of federal arrangements, i.e. the governance through constituent units. In federal arrangements, the vertical distribution of powers is complemented by other forces, such as territorial interests, which are allocated within regional boundaries and demarcated on a geographical basis.3 The territorial constitution permits us to sidestep the objections that arise under traditional, and formalistic, approaches to federal studies. Not only is it shared by federalising and decentralising processes, but it has also played a pivotal role in those processes not included among mature or emergent federations.4 Italy certainly has a territorial constitution, since the distribution of powers intermingles with interests that are geographically allocated within regional boundaries. Legislative, administrative, and financial responsibilities are constitutionally assigned to regions so that these must meet the needs of their political communities.5","PeriodicalId":202341,"journal":{"name":"Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115236916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wenn dem Bundesstaat die Stunde der Exekutive schlägt: der deutsche (Exekutiv-)Föderalismus in Zeiten der Coronakrise","authors":"U. Münch","doi":"10.5771/9783748910817-207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748910817-207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202341,"journal":{"name":"Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127300773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Das spanische Verfassungsgericht: politischer Akteur wider Willen","authors":"Mario Kölling","doi":"10.5771/9783748910817-107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748910817-107","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the Spanish Constitutional Court has become well known, in particular, the ruling on the Catalan statute in 2010 and the decisions in the context of the conflict in Catalonia from 2017 onwards. However, the special role of the Constitutional Court goes far beyond this conflict and is closely linked to the design and development of the Spanish State of Autonomous Communities. In the first part of this text, I will analyse the question of why the Constitutional Court assumed a special role in the development of the Spanish territorial model. In the second part I will examine the logic of the Constitutional Court's decisions and the extent to which they favour the central government or the Autonomous Communities.","PeriodicalId":202341,"journal":{"name":"Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122920460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unsicherheit als föderale Grenzerfahrung: staatliche Steuerung und bundesdeutsche Flüchtlingspolitik am Beispiel minderjähriger Geflohener ohne Begleitung","authors":"Georg Weinmann","doi":"10.5771/9783748910817-257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748910817-257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202341,"journal":{"name":"Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115056522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Die Autorinnen und Autoren","authors":"","doi":"10.5771/9783748910817-441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748910817-441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202341,"journal":{"name":"Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115149236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}