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Constitutional Change Without Constitutional Reform: Spanish Federalism and the Revision of Catalonia's Statute of Autonomy

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2008
This article analyzes the constitutional change in federations that is driven by the bottom-up reform of subnational units’ constitutional arrangements as an alternative to the reforms of the federal constitution. Looking at the case of Catalonia’s recent reform of its statute of autonomy, it discusses and evaluates some of the benefits and pitfalls of
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Reinforcement for the Position of Local Government in the New Statutes of Autonomy

2013
It seems to be increasingly widely accepted that the best means of guaranteeing the position of local governments is to integrate them effectively into the autonomic system of government, along the same lines as certain European federal systems. This means that the statutes of autonomy of the different regions need to have the power to designate the ...
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Hungarian cultural autonomy in Vojvodina from the 1974 Socialist Constitution to the 2009 Statute of Autonomy: path dependence dynamics against the reversal of minority policies

Nationalities Papers, 2012
Applying a historical institutionalist theoretical perspective to the ethnic minority policy domain, the article attempts to explain why state policies toward minorities may be difficult to reverse once introduced. Focusing on a case study of the cultural status of the Vojvodina Hungarian minority in Serbia, the article attempts to find out the forms ...
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Mark My Words: What Lexicometric Analysis Reveals about the Drafts of the New Catalan Statute of Autonomy (2006)

Catalan Review, 2010
In 2006, after a long parliamentary process which began in 2002, the current Catalan Statute of Autonomy (an equivalent to regional constitutions in federal states) was approved. Each Catalan parliamentary group (except for the Partit Popular de Catalunya) prepared its own draft of the Statute. These texts fall between legal and political discourse and
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Statute of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and “major favour clause”: more or less autonomy? An evaluation 20 years after the reform of Title V of the Constitution

europa ethnica, 2022
The paper analyses the impact of the so-called “major favour clause”, introduced by the 2001 reform of ordinary regionalism, in order to prevent the new Title V from being a step backwards for the special Regions. Its 20-year application has significantly changed the framework of legislative competences of the 1972 Statute of Trentino Alto Adige ...
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How Fluid is the Special Statute of Autonomy of Trentino Alto Adige/South Tyrol? The influence of the Court of Justice of the EU, the Council of Europe and the Italian Constitutional Court on the Process of Implementation

europa ethnica, 2022
This article intends to examine the different legal and institutional factors that have contributed to the fluidity of the minority protection system in Trentino Alto Adige/South Tyrol, referring to the contribution of the EU, the Council of Europe and constitutional jurisprudence.
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Taking the Sting Out of Revenge Porn: Using Criminal Statutes to Safeguard Sexual Autonomy in the Digital Age

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
We live in a digital age. While increased channels of communication and worldwide access have their benefits, there are also risks and problems associated with a virtual platform that gives instant access to information. This Article centers on “revenge porn,” one problem associated with online communications that has drawn the attention of both the ...
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The Qualitative Development of the Spanish System of Autonomous Communities: Changes to the Statutes of Autonomy

2013
At this stage in the history of autonomy in Spain, it may seem a little out of context to reflect on what meaning the Autonomous Communities, these new territorial public administrations referred to as early as Article 2 and delimited in Title VIII, have for the Constitution, their creator.
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"Second generation" Statutes of Autonomy; exclusive powers regarding the Draft Law on Rationalization and Sustainability of Local Administration

2014
On July 26, 2013, the Council of Ministers approved the Draft Law for the Rationalization and Sustainability of the Administration with the objective of contributing to the fulfillment of the deficit objectives set for the Spanish State by the European authorities, the World Bank (WB ) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Chapter 11. Individual and Group Rights in South Tyrol: Article 2 as ,Grundnorm’ of the Autonomy Statute

2008
This chapter illustrates the different and evolving interpretation of the basic compromise leading to the autonomy arrangement and its successful implementation. After a brief view on the premises, in particular on the Gruber-Degasperi Agreement, Article 2 of the Autonomy Statute (ASt) is analysed in detail.
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