Comparative Federalism : : States' Rights and National Power / / Edward McWhinney.

In contrast to the views current only a few years ago, when federalism as a system of government was regarded, in academic circles in North America at least, as passe and even reactionary, there is today throughout the world, and especially in Western Europe, a tremendous interest in the federal ide...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1962
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (116 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. The Utility of Federalism in a Revolutionary Age
  • 2. The Philosophy of Federalism: Federalism and Legal Pluralism
  • 3. Umpiring the Federal System: The Special Role of the Supreme Court in a Federal State
  • 4. Federalism and the Foreign Affairs Power
  • 5. Federalism and Defence of the Constitutional Order
  • 6. Social Policy: States' Rights, Minority Rights, and the Limits of Unity and Diversity
  • 7. Federalism and the Principle of Federal Comity
  • 8. The Relevance of Federalism for Contemporary Constitution-Making
  • Index