Federalism

Federalism: the vertical division of power as complement to the horizontal division.

Federalism divides power among levels of government — federal, state/regional, local — as an additional safeguard against its concentration. Defended in The Federalist by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay, and developed in the American, German, Swiss, Australian, Canadian, Argentine, Brazilian, Mexican experiences, federalism is one of the institutional architectures of modern constitutionalism. Revista Conciencia Democrática publishes comparative analysis.

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