Bulletin n. 1/2008 | ||
May 2008 | ||
Gardner James A. |
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In Search of Sub-National Constitutionalism | ||
in European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 4 - Issue 02 , 2008 , 325-343 | ||
Federalism as a consequence of local/cultural self-determination – Degree of autonomous human rights protection on a subnational level – Analysis in terms of two dimensions: subnational constitutionalism and contestatory federalism – Contrast between US and European models – Opposition between contestatory federalism and subsidiarity – Rise of international human rights protection diminishes importance of subnational human rights protection | ||