Legal Conflicts and Subnational Constitutionalism

dc.contributor.author	DELLEDONNE, Giacomo
dc.contributor.author	MARTINICO, Giuseppe
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-29T12:11:42Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-29T12:11:42Z
dc.date.issued	2011-01-01
dc.identifier.issn	1725-6739
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1814/16214
dc.description	Paper presented at the World Conference of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Mexico City, 6-10 December 2010. This paper is the result of joint reflections, however Giuseppe Martinico wrote par. 2, 5, 8 and 9, Giacomo Delledonne wrote par. 3, 4 and 7, while par. 1 and 6 were elaborated jointly. We would like to thank Josep Maria Castellà Andreu, François-Xavier Millet and Robert Williams for their comments and Miguel Poiares Maduro and Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann for their support. Forthcoming in Rutgers Law Journal, 2012. Usual disclaimers apply.	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyses the increasing use of the concept of subnational identity, understood as a peculiar (to some extent) category that is opposed to the State or federal identity. References to it are included in the second-generation Italian (subnational) fundamental charters (Statuti) and Spanish Estatutos de autonomia. After an overview of the identity clauses contained in the sub-national constitutions, we will move to analyse the first cases of judicial relevance of these clauses when they are invoked before national courts, and test whether and how these subnational identity provisions could be interpreted in a manner consistent with the national constitution.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	EUI LAW	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2011/03	en
dc.subject	Subnational constitutionalism	en
dc.subject	constitutional interpretation	en
dc.subject	regional Statuti	en
dc.subject	Estatutos de autonomia	en
dc.title	Legal Conflicts and Subnational Constitutionalism	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en