Edited by Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law and Renato Costa, Lecturer in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia

‘Crises tend to magnify the inherent complexities of federal relations. One of the key strengths of this book lies in its ability to illuminate the challenges faced and the solutions devised by different federal systems in moments of instability and turbulence. It offers valuable contributions to deepening our understanding of how federal arrangements function, especially at the moment they are most severely tested.’

• ContentsForeword: Federalism in a Turbulent Era ixIntroduction 1Nicholas Aroney and Renato Costa1 Argentine federalism: economic crises, inflation, and centralbanks 16Jorge P. Gordin2 Australian federalism: lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and theCovid-19 response 40Nicholas Aroney, Robert Clancy and Gigi Foster3 Brazilian federalism: populism, emergency powers, andpolitical turmoil 67Renato Costa and Bruno Santos Cunha4 Canadian federalism: decentralisation, constitutionalconflicts, and climate change 93Dwight Newman KC and Sarah Burningham5 Ethiopian federalism: ethnicity, constitutional infidelity, andcivil war 117Yonatan Fessha and Terefe Gebreyesus6 Malaysian federalism: Islam, state jurisdiction, and criminallaw 136Nicholas Aroney and Joshua Neoh7 Nigerian federalism: political economy, petroleum, and statefragility 152Ambrose Ihekwoaba Egwim8 Russian federalism: centralisation, autocracy, and war 177Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov9 United States federalism: partisanship, federal–state conflict,and migration 201Zachary S. Price

Edited by Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law and Renato Costa, Lecturer in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia

‘Crises tend to magnify the inherent complexities of federal relations. One of the key strengths of this book lies in its ability to illuminate the challenges faced and the solutions devised by different federal systems in moments of instability and turbulence. It offers valuable contributions to deepening our understanding of how federal arrangements function, especially at the moment they are most severely tested.’

• ContentsForeword: Federalism in a Turbulent Era ixIntroduction 1Nicholas Aroney and Renato Costa1 Argentine federalism: economic crises, inflation, and centralbanks 16Jorge P. Gordin2 Australian federalism: lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and theCovid-19 response 40Nicholas Aroney, Robert Clancy and Gigi Foster3 Brazilian federalism: populism, emergency powers, andpolitical turmoil 67Renato Costa and Bruno Santos Cunha4 Canadian federalism: decentralisation, constitutionalconflicts, and climate change 93Dwight Newman KC and Sarah Burningham5 Ethiopian federalism: ethnicity, constitutional infidelity, andcivil war 117Yonatan Fessha and Terefe Gebreyesus6 Malaysian federalism: Islam, state jurisdiction, and criminallaw 136Nicholas Aroney and Joshua Neoh7 Nigerian federalism: political economy, petroleum, and statefragility 152Ambrose Ihekwoaba Egwim8 Russian federalism: centralisation, autocracy, and war 177Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov9 United States federalism: partisanship, federal–state conflict,and migration 201Zachary S. Price

Edited by Nicholas Aroney, Professor of Constitutional Law and Renato Costa, Lecturer in Law, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia

‘Crises tend to magnify the inherent complexities of federal relations. One of the key strengths of this book lies in its ability to illuminate the challenges faced and the solutions devised by different federal systems in moments of instability and turbulence. It offers valuable contributions to deepening our understanding of how federal arrangements function, especially at the moment they are most severely tested.’

• ContentsForeword: Federalism in a Turbulent Era ixIntroduction 1Nicholas Aroney and Renato Costa1 Argentine federalism: economic crises, inflation, and centralbanks 16Jorge P. Gordin2 Australian federalism: lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and theCovid-19 response 40Nicholas Aroney, Robert Clancy and Gigi Foster3 Brazilian federalism: populism, emergency powers, andpolitical turmoil 67Renato Costa and Bruno Santos Cunha4 Canadian federalism: decentralisation, constitutionalconflicts, and climate change 93Dwight Newman KC and Sarah Burningham5 Ethiopian federalism: ethnicity, constitutional infidelity, andcivil war 117Yonatan Fessha and Terefe Gebreyesus6 Malaysian federalism: Islam, state jurisdiction, and criminallaw 136Nicholas Aroney and Joshua Neoh7 Nigerian federalism: political economy, petroleum, and statefragility 152Ambrose Ihekwoaba Egwim8 Russian federalism: centralisation, autocracy, and war 177Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov9 United States federalism: partisanship, federal–state conflict,and migration 201Zachary S. Price