Cooperative interstate relations are essential for the maintenance of the economic union and the political union established by a confederacy or a federacy. Thi

Provides detailed information and an analysis of interstate relations, and advances recommendations to improve the economic and political union.

This Article constructs frameworks for analyzing federalism's undertheorized horizontal dimension. Discussions of federalism generally focus on the hierarchical

Providing a comprehensive view of the constitutional architecture of federations, contributors address change and development in federal states from the standpo

The - vertical - relation between the central level and sub-central levels of government is a key issue in federal-type systems, including the EU. A question wh