Manoylo, A.V., Nizovkina, I.A. Specific features of the Austrian federalism

Abstract: The article concerns specific features of the Austrian federalism regarding the correlation of the competences of the federal lands and the center within the framework of legislative, executive and judicial branches of power, as well as the means for the conflict regulation within such a federal system. The conflicts between the central government and the lands in Austria are resolved by transformation of political conflicts into legal ones and their resolution within the legal procedure. The authors also attempt to follow the evolution of the constitutional reforms in the sphere of federal construction. The methodological basis includes historical method, comparative analysis as well as quantitative contentanalysis of both Russian and foreign documents. The results of this analysis allow to have an idea of the principles of the Austrian state structure Presence of a number of a compromise features in the Austrian Constitution allows the researches to characterize it as a centralized federal state. Currently, there are ongoing discussions regarding the need for the federal reforms in Austria.

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