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Cities in Federal Constitutional Theory seeks to offer a fresh theoretical account of cities as federalism subjects, exploring the increased importance of cities in recent decades from political, economic, socio-cultural, and demographic perspectives.
List of contents
- Conceptual Framework
- 1: Erika Arban: An Intellectual History of Federalism: The City and the 'Unit' Question
- 2: Cheryl Saunders and Erika Arban: Federalism and Local Governments
- 3: Maria Cahill and Garry O'Sullivan: Subsidiarity and the City: the Case for Mutual Strengthening
- 4: Ran Hirschl: Cities in Federal Systems: Comparative Perspectives
- Cities as Neglected Constitutional Units of Analysis in Federal Theory
- 5: Richard Briffault: The New Pre-emption: Placing Cities in American Federalism
- 6: Hoi Kong: Constitutional Theory, Federalism, and Cities
- 7: William Partlett: Cities, Federalism, and Criminal Law Reform
- 8: Rebecca Nelson: Victims and Villains: Cities and the Environment on the Constitutional Stage
- 9: Bilyana Petkova: Privacy and the City: Toward Progressive Urban Cosmopolitanism
- 10: Richard Schragger: Conclusion: the City in the Future of Federalism
About the author
Erika Arban is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law School. She is the co-convenor of the research group "New Frontiers of Federalism" of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL).
Summary
Cities in Federal Constitutional Theory seeks to offer a fresh theoretical account of cities as federalism subjects, exploring the increased importance of cities in recent decades from political, economic, socio-cultural, and demographic perspectives.
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The edited volume offers innovative and theory-based contributions to urban, federal, and constitutional studies, as well as their corresponding disciplines. Both jurists and scholars working on cities, federations, and constitutions will thus benefit from reading the anthology and taking it as a starting point for further analyses.
