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I’m not sure I would call that “strange”; it’s just the meaning of federalism. Federal means that subnational units have some limited sovereignty, versus unita
by senkora 6y ago
I’m not sure I would call that “strange”; it’s just the meaning of federalism.
Federal means that subnational units have some limited sovereignty, versus unitary where only the toplevel government has sovereignty.
- sandworm101 6y agoNot really. Canada is federalized, but still has a unitary authority for prosecution of crimes. There are very few countries operating parallel authorities, parallel criminal courts. Most countries have a unitary authority structure with the national government being the highest source of law. The US operates a bifurcated structure where States (50+ of them) are often the final authority on criminal matters. That is strange.
- senkora 6y agoOkay, fair. I meant that dual sovereignty itself isn’t strange, but I see that you meant specifically wrt criminal courts. I’ll defer to you on that since I don’t know much about it.