The Center for State Constitutional Studies conducted a conference on “Subnational Constitutions and Federalism: Design & Reform” on March 22-27, 2004, at the Rockefeller Foundation’s conference site in Bellagio, Italy. Attending the conference were authors who participated in the Center’s “State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century” project, together with representatives from ten other federal democracies. The agenda for the conference is listed below.
Papers associated with this conference.
SUBNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS AND FEDERALISM: DESIGN & REFORM
| DATE | SESSION | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Session 1 | Rights Guarantees and Subnational Constitutions Robert Williams, USA Ted Morton, Canada |
| Session 2 | Federalism, Minorities, and Rights John White, USA Josef Marko, Austria | |
| Session 3 | Subnational Constitutionalism and Quasi-Constitutionalism in Systems in Transition Tsegaye Regassa, Ethiopia Beniamino Caravita, Italy Luis Moreno, Spain | |
| March 24 | Session 1 | The Legislative Branch Michael Libonati, USA Antonio Hernandez, Argentina |
| Session 2 | The Executive Branch Thad Beyle, USA Isawa Elaigwu, Nigeria | |
| Session 3 | The Judicial Branch Alan Tarr, USA Ulrich Karpen, Germany | |
| March 25 | Session 1 | Public Policy & Subnational Constitutions Barton Thompson, USA Paul Tractenberg, USA Allan Brewer-Carias, Venezuela |
| Session 2 | Voting & Elections; Constitutional Change Gerald Benjamin, USA James Gardner, USA Manuel Gonzalez-Oropeza, Mexico | |
| March 26 | Session 1 | Local Government Michael Libonati, USA Marat Salikov, Russia |
| Session 2 | Taxing, Spending, & Borrowing Richard Briffault, USA Celina Souza, Brazil | |
| Session 3 | Future Directions |