Litigating federalism:An empirical analysis of decisions of the Belgian Constitutional Court

In: Dalla Pellegrina , L , de Mot , J , Faure , M & Garoupa , N 2017 , ' Litigating federalism : An empirical analysis of decisions of the Belgian Constitutional Court ' , European Constitutional Law Review , vol. 13 , no. 2 , pp. 305-346 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019617000050

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