Essays On Federalism

What is Federalism? Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units. (The American Heritage Dictionary, 2005). The system is divided into levels: the national government, regional and local governments. Each of these levels has areas in which they have power. The levels however, by […]

The form of government or constitutional structure found in a federation is known as federalism (see also federalism as a political philosophy). It can be considered the opposite of another system, the unitary state. The government of Germany with sixteen federated lander is an example of a federation, whereas neighboring Austria and its Bundeslander is […]

On Thursday, September 12, the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation along with the State Government Leadership Foundation is hosting four state attorneys general—Scott Pruitt (Oklahoma), Derek Schmidt (Kansas), Luther Strange (Alabama), and Alan Wilson (South Carolina)—in the first of a seven-event Preserve the Constitution series. The moderator […]

Devolution or what is called home rule is the statutory transfer of ruling or administration powers from the central government to national or local level or still what is commonly known as regional government. The mandate given to these regional governments can be taken away from them just in the same way as the central […]

 INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Fiscal federalism is essentially about multilevel government structure, rather than within a level structure of government, for the performance of government functions and service delivery to the people. Each level of government can be viewed as an institution with definite functions to perform (Rivlin, 1991). The conventional wisdom in economics […]

Education has always been highly valued by Americans; for it is believed to be a primary means for creating a healthier society, a tool to end poverty and disease, or a battleground in a culture war. Historically, the educational system has been a decentralized one, with influence and financing focused in the local school district. […]

Federalism is a system in which power is shared between one general and several regional or provincial governments. Power in this system is divided in such a way by the constitution that neither government has lesser powers than the other. To maintain this equal status by both levels of government, three conditions should be met; […]

The practice of Federalism in Australia can be characterised by constant change (Matthews 1979), moving through clear phases and cycles over the relatively short period of just over 110 years and resulting in dramatic transformation in fiscal imbalance and move towards centralisation, shifting power significantly from the States to the Commonwealth (Grewal & Sheehan 2003: […]

The federal constitution of United States was framed and ratified in a period which involved important political events that entailed numerous bargains and trade offs. The framers of the federal constitution and American revolutionaries were motivated by individual goals. The rule of law is a focal establishment of the framework made by the makers or […]

Dual federalism is such that the state and federal governments are co-equals. In this type of rule, there is a narrow interpretation of the constitution. In this process, the jurisdiction of the federal government is only granted by the constitution and the charter limits its powers. Here, the states have more power. On the other […]

The main thesis of the text involves the investigation of the growth of federalism in the Canadians community. The thesis aims to give a legal analysis by use of political, cultural insights and social contexts. It focuses on the Pierre’s constitutional policies in connection with the policies to the idea of Quebec nationalism and nation […]

The concept “laboratories of democracy” elaborates the existence of a certain system of state autonomy within the federal structure whereby a state and local governments develop laws and policies (Bowman, Ann and Kearney, 44). While developing these laws and policies they act as social laboratories because they create and test them to ensure they are […]

Congress sanctioned Affordable Care Act commonly referred to as the Obamacare in 2010 with the main aim of increasing the number of Americans covered by health insurance while at the same decreasing the cost of health care (Mann 79). The heated controversies surrounding the enactment of the federal health reform as well as the ensuing […]

The United States Constitution is the world longest government written charter written in 1787. It was ratified in 1788 and has been in operation since 1789. The government of the United States prevails to serve the citizens as affirmed by ‘we the people’ – the first three words of the Constitution (Donner 365). The Constitution […]

In the US, felony charges are those charges that are associated with offences such as crime which under the law of US, the offender is capable of being punished with imprisonment of not less than a year (Warren 2007).In a recent case involving George verses Virginia; George was being sued for assault.He was charged in […]

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of United States who served as a president in the year 1801 to 1809.He was born in 1743 in a county called Albemarle in Virginia. Jefferson is usually referred to as the American founding father who drafted the declaration of independence though he was not as a great public […]

Through the 19th amendment of 1920 granted the American Constitution granted women the right to vote. A new right is known as the ‘woman suffrage right’ was developed. The bill stated with clarity that any law that prevented people from voting by sex was null and unconstitutional in the USA. Until the ratification of the […]