Constitutional dynamics in federal systems : sub-national perspectives / edited by Michael Burgess and G. Alan Tarr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : sub-national constitutionalism and constitutional development / Michael Burgess and G. Alan Tarr -- part 1. Sub-national constitutionalism in territorially based federations -- State constitutions and American political development / John J. Dinan -- Legislative competences, budgetary constraints, and the reform of federalism in Germany from the top down and the bottom up / Arthur B. Gunlicks -- Sub-national constitutions and the federal constitutions in Austria / Peter Bußjäger -- part 2. Sub-national constitutionalism in multinational federations -- Bosnia-Herzegovina : trying to build a federal state on paradoxes / Jens Woelk -- New constitutions for all Swiss cantons : a contemporary challenge / Nicolas Schmitt -- The constitutional and institutional autonomy of communities and regions in federal Belgium / Patrick Peeters -- Canada : federal and sub-national constitutional practices / Gerald Baier -- part 3. Constitutional development in territorially decentralized states -- Quiet devolution : sub-state autonomy and the gradual reconstitution of the United Kingdom / Stephan Tierney -- Spain's constitution and statutes of autonomy : explaining the evolution of political decentralization / Carles Viver -- Italy : a federal country without federalism? / Francesco Palermo -- part 4. Supranational constitutionalism and constitutional futures in Europe -- Member state constitutions in the European Union / Anneli Albi -- Sub-national units, member states, and the European Union / Ornella Porchia.

Co-published by: Forum of Federations.