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'Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World' constitutes a global reference on decentralization by presenting the contemporary situation of local governments in all regions of the world. The report analyzes local authorities in each continent under three main themes: the evolution of territorial structures; responsibilities and power, management and finances; and local democracy. An additional chapter is dedicated to the governance of large metropolises, where rapid growth presents major challenges, in particular in the fast-developing countries of the South. This report also offers a comparative overview of the different realities concerning the state of decentralization, and how the...
The theoretical arguments for environmental taxes and other types of economic instruments for environmental protection have been discussed extensively in the literature. Rather less well discussed has been the extremely complex form that such instruments have in fact taken in practice. Environmental Taxation Law: Policy, Contexts and Practice examines the legal implications of introducing environmental taxes and other economic instruments into the regulatory framework of UK law. In doing so, it analyzes and explains the difficulties of grafting environmental taxes onto the complexities of existing regulatory structures, not all of which, of course, were originally devised with environmental considerations in mind. Although the focus of the book is the UK's pioneering implementation of a web of distinct yet interrelated policy measures, it locates the UK's taxes and instruments not simply in their broader context of market and environmental regulation, but also in the contexts of European and international law.
This book highlights the importance of the subnational level of governance in relation to sustainable development, exploring how subnational governments have taken up the challenge to design sustainable development policies and their involvement in international decision-making on sustainable development.
Un análisis riguroso de Qatar, desde su rica historia antigua hasta su gran reto ante la modernidad. Un nuevo espacio de reflexión e intercambio de experiencias y conocimientos.
The legal processes are also explored, along with a consideration of Spain's relationship with the ECU and how EC law has affected the Spanish national laws.
Esta publicación es fruto de la línea de investigación que mantiene el Centro de Estudios Andaluces sobre la reforma del Estatuto andaluz. El Estatuto de Autonomía de Andalucía de 2007’ supone la continuidad de un proyecto que comenzó con el primer volumen, ’25 años de Autonomía de Andalucía’, retrato de la comunidad antes de la aprobación del nuevo estatuto en febrero de 2007. Esta obra somete al Estatuto de Autonomía de Andalucía a la mirada experta de 9 catedráticos de Derecho Constitucional, más de la de otros 2 catedráticos de Derecho Civil y Derecho Administrativo, es una obra por tanto sujeta al análisis científico de más alto nivel.
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Giurisdizione costituzionale delle leggi in Italia, Spagna, Germania, Francia, Stati Uniti. Tutela dei diritti fonfamentali. Giudizi di costituzionalità.