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Litigating Federalism: An Empirical Analysis of Decisions of the Belgian Constitutional Court

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Belgian Constitutional Court – Conflicts between regions, communities and the central government – Allocation of competences – Decisions with high political content – Degree of political alignment between the parties in litigation and judicial behaviour at the Court – Empirical testing – All decisions of the Belgian Constitutional Court, 1985-2012 – Alignment between the alleged political preferences of the judges and the political affiliation of the Petitioner increases the rate of success of the latter

Source: European Constitutional Law Review

DOI: 10.1017/s1574019617000050

Authors: Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Jef De Mot, Michael Faure, Nuno Garoupa

Institutions: Maastricht University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Católica Global School of Law

Language: English

Topic: Judicial and Constitutional Studies

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2618575433