Litigating Federalism: An Empirical Analysis of Decisions of the Belgian Constitutional Court∙. (26th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; De Mot, Jef; Faure, Michael; Garoupa, Nuno
• Is Part Of: European constitutional law review. Volume 13:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 305
• Page End: 346
• Publication Date: 2017-05-26
• Subjects: Constitutional law -- European Union countries -- Periodicals; 342.4
• DOI: 10.1017/S1574019617000050
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1574-0196

Abstract

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