Federalism and the Law of Diversity

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.The volume offers new and unexplored perspectives on federalism and its relationships with diversity accommodation. It represents the first structured attempt to use federal theory and practice to frame several phenomena of governance in the area of diversity management. Federalism is here tested as a theoretical and practical tool that may contribute to a better understanding of phenomena such as non-territorial autonomy, participatory democracy and legal pluralism. This volume unveils the theoretical potential of federalism in explaining complex pluralist legal systems: This theoretical function may be the 21st century dimension of federalism.

Nicolò P. Alessi, Ph.D., University of Bern, is a post-doc researcher at that university. He has authored several publications in the areas of regionalism, federalism, minority and indigenous rights, including A Global Law of Diversity: Evolving Models and Concepts (Routledge, 2024).Martina Trettel, Ph.D., Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac research, is a senior researcher at that institute. She is an expert on deliberative and participatory democracy. She has authored several publications on these topics in academic journals as well as in edited books.