PRESENTATIONS:

Each student has to present or participate in the group presentation of an author

or a country/institution.

Scheduled presentations include presentations of authors/schools of thought and of

institutions of countries. The texts of the lectures are NOT objects of presentations.
The lectures will have to be read and commented in class by all of us. Presentations
are meant to give additional input. They are meant to help those who only have
read the texts.

Presentation of an author or a school of thought requires presenting the author

(short cv), how he/she defined and why he/she defended federalism, eventually
where he/she received influences from, where he/she exercised influence upon,
against whom he/she argued and who argued against him/her.

Presentation of an institution of one or more countries means to explain its

federal/non federal character (particularly the relation of shared rule and self rule,
its main features, advantages and inconveniences, critiques, tendencies of
development..). Please don’t present the whole political system of a given country.
If you present the historical development, stick to your topic, and PLEASE shy
away from presenting the whole history of a political system…. Further indications
are eventually given in each context and/or may be asked for.

Remember that the topic of the PRESENTATION must be different from the
subject of your individual PAPER. For choosing a presentation, use the list. For
proposing a topic for the paper, consult the course director.

To avoid overloading the last sessions, you are required to choose your topic for
the presentation as soon as possible.

The following schedule is approximate in regarding to the dates of the sessions the
topics are dealt with, as the extension on discussing each case depends on the
interest of the participants.
Session date (approx.) Topic Name
10.1. Introduction, definitions, Course director; no
introduction/definitions/history history, theory student presentation
possible
17.1. Federal philosophy: Course director and
“The Federalist” students (readings),
student presentation
welcome. Max. 1
student
1) Daryl Ramadier

24.1. Federal philosophy:  Course director and

students (readings),
Anarchism, student presentation
  welcome. Maximum 1
  student
1)

Personalism student presentation

Welcome. Maximum 1
student
1) Simón Ortiz
 
31.1. Theory of federalism (end) Course director and
  students (readings)
 
ORIGINS of some federal student presentation
systems. We need max 4 welcome. Max. 4 out
students presenting cases. of:
Switzerland:
A.Romandash

Germany: A. Ozan
Tutal

India: A Tohalino

7.2 Adjudication of leg., exec.
and jur. competences (dual
or cooperative or...) and
finances (normative power,
levying, distribution).
Problems.
14.2. Shared rule, including at
least
second chambers: Compare 1) Julia Scheffer
at least USA, Switzerland,
Germany, Canada, Austria,
Spain (more if you want).
constitutional reform (at
least USA, Germany,
Switzerland, Canada,
Belgium, India; Spain)
juridical review (at least
USA, Switzerland,
Germany)
the set-up of the federal
capital (at least USA,
Canada, Germany)
21.2.  Parties and federalism
 
 
 
 
Belgium: Santiago
Barneda
Spain:
student presentation
welcome. Max. 2
covering at least USA
and Germany
1. Mykhailo
Volokhai
2.
student presentation
welcome Max. 4:
1) Alara Abassi
1) Khai El Baba
1) Victoria
Villavicencio
student presentation
welcome. Max. 3,
covering at least 3 out
of the following list
(more if you want):
 Germany, Canada,
Belgium, India, Spain
1. Sofia Scacco

2. Carlos Pintos

3. Rima El
Chaker

28.2. Multinational federal student  presentation

systems: the institutions welcome. Max. 4:
and development of Canada: Ana
asymmetric federalism. Ichtiqidze
Resymmetrizations?
Belgium: Daniel
Romero

Russia: Charalampos
Anthopoulos

Spain: José Martínez

6.3.  Federalism student presentation
welcome. Max. 2:

in extremely diverse 1) Max de Graaf

societies: Nigeria

federalism and inner 1) Christopher

secession (at least Jura, Dunn
Nunavut)

13.3. Institutions and student presentation

development of the welcome. :
European Union - federal, 1) Tiago Vieira
confederal?
Final remarks Course director