Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities in Federal Countries (Volume 2) (Global Dialogue on Federalism Series)

The comparative studies in this volume examine the constitutional distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national and constituent governments of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the reasons behind each country's system of power distribution, how it works, changes over time, successes or failures, and future trends in the allocation and sharing of power. Contributors include Hugues Dumont (Belgium), J.Isawa Elaigwu (Nigeria), Thomas Fleiner (Switzerland), Xavier Bernadi Gil (Spain), Ellis Katz (USA), Nicolas Lagasse (Belgium), George Mathew (India), Clement Macintyre (Australia), Enric Argullol Murgades (Spain), Manuel Gonzalez Oropeza (Mexico), Marcelo Piancastelli (Brazil), Hans-Peter Schneider (Germany), Richard Simeon (Canada), Marc Van der Hulst (Belgium), Sebastien Van Drooghenbroeck (Belgium), and John M. Williams (Australia). The French edition of this book, Partage des competences dans les pays federaux, is forthcoming. "The Distribution of Powers and Responsibilities theme process was led by Akhtar Majeed. It featured 11 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Switzerland, and United States. Under this theme, there was an in-depth examination of: the distribution of governmental, political, monetary, fiscal, administrative, and policy responsibilities in each federal country (including legislative, executive and judicial) ; symmetry and asymmetry in the distribution of responsibilities ; the reasons and ways in which responsibilities are explicitly and implicitly exclusive and/or concurrent and/or shared in the constitution ; the reasons and ways in which responsibilities become divided and/or shared in actual intergovernmental practice ; current controversies over the division and/or sharing of responsibilities ; assessment of the exclusive and concurrent exercise of responsibilities. Given that there is an extensive literature on the theory of the distribution of responsibilities, especially fiscal responsibilities in federal systems, the book from this theme process includes theoretical models with discussions of how and why each federal country conforms to and departs from the models."--Publisher's website Contributors include Hugues Dumont (Belgium), J.Isawa Elaigwu (Nigeria), Thomas Fleiner (Switzerland), Xavier Bernadí Gil (Spain), Ellis Katz (USA), Nicolas Lagasse (Belgium), George Mathew (India), Clement Macintyre (Australia), Enric Argullol Murgades (Spain), Manuel González Oropeza (Mexico), Marcelo Piancastelli (Brazil), Hans-Peter Schneider (Germany), Richard Simeon (Canada), Marc Van der Hulst (Belgium), Sébastien Van Drooghenbroeck (Belgium), and John M. Williams (Australia). These dialogues on federal systems provide a comparative snapshot of each topic and include comparative analyses, glossaries of country-specific terminology, and a timeline of major constitutional events. Countries considered include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States The comparative studies in this volume examine the distribution of exclusive and shared powers and responsibilities among the national and constituent governments in 11 diverse federal countries.