Federalism and subsidiarity

In Federalism and Subsidiarity, a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars in political science, law, and philosophy address the application and interaction of the concept of federalism within law and government. What are the best justifications for and conceptions of federalism? What are the most useful criteria for deciding what powers should be allocated to national governments and what powers reserved to state or provincial governments? What are the implications of the principle of subsidiarity for such questions? What should be the constitutional standing of cities in federations? Do we need to "remap" federalism to reckon with the emergence of translocal and transnational organizations with porous boundaries that are not reflected in traditional jurisdictional conceptions? Examining these questions and more, this latest installation in the NOMOS series sheds new light on the allocation of power within federations.

• Preface p. ix James E. Fleming and Jacob T. Levy
• Contributors p. xi
• Part I Federalism, Positive Benefits, and Negative Liberties
• 1 Defending Dual Federalism: A Self-Defeating Act p. 3 Sotirios A. Barber
• 2 Defending Dual Federalism: A Bad Idea, but Not Self-Defeating p. 22 Michael Blake
• 3 The Puzzling Persistence of Dual Federalism p. 34 Ernest A. Young
• 4 Foot Voting, Federalism, and Political Freedom p. 83 Ilya Somin
• Part II Constitutions, Federalism and Subsidiarity
• 5 Federalism and Subsidiarity: Perspectives from U.S. Constitutional Law p. 123 Steven G. Calabresi and Lucy D. Bickford
• 6 Subsidiarity, the Judicial Role, and the Warren Court's Contribution to the Revival of State Government p. 190 Vicki C. Jackson
• 7 Competing Conceptions of Subsidiarity p. 214 Andreas Føllesdal
• 8 Subsidiarity and Robustness: Building the Adaptive Efficiency of Federal Systems p. 231 Jenna Bednar
• Part III The Entrenchment of Local and Provincial Autonomy, Integrity, and Participation
• 9 Cities and Federalism p. 259 Daniel Weinstock
• 10 Cities, Subsidiarity, and Federalism p. 291 Loren King
• 11 The Constitutional Entrenchment of Federalism p. 332 Jacob T. Levy
• Part IV Remapping Federalism(s)
• 12 Federalism(s)' Forms and Norms: Contesting Rights, De-essentializing Jurisdictional Divides, and Temporizing Accommodations p. 363 Judith Resnik
• Index p. 437