"The case studies are the product of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS), held in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2014, organised by the Dullah Omar Institute."--ECIP galley preface and acknowledgments.

The currency of concurrent powers in federal systems / Nico Steytler -- The meanings of concurrency / Anna Dziedzic and Cheryl Saunders -- From dualistic autonomous concurrency to marbleised permissive concurrency in American federalism / John Kincaid -- Concurrent powers as doors to legislative innovation, conditional powers as gates to the blind alley : some Swiss illustrations / Eva Maria Belser -- What's wrong with concurrency? comparative reflections based on constitutional reforms in Germany and Italy / Francesco Palermo -- Concurrent powers in Italy : the new state-centred approach and prospects for reform / Paolo Colasante -- De facto concurrency in spain / Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer and Merce Corretja Torrens -- Concurrent powers in the EU and their impact on the powers of member states / Stelio Mangiameli -- Concurrency of powers in the Russian federation / Ivan Leksin and Viacheslav Seliverstov -- Fiscal federalism and concurrence of taxing powers in Argentina : a historical perspective / Miguel Angel Asensio -- Concurrent power and local interest in Brazil's federalism / Gilberto M.A. Rodrigues -- Concurrent powers in South Africa / Jaap de Visser -- Concurrent powers in the Ethiopian federal system / Assefa Fiseha and Zemelak Ayele -- Concurrency in the 2010 Kenya constitution / Conrad M. Bosire -- Concurrency of powers in deeply divided countries : the case of Yemen's draft constitution of 2015 / Nico Steytler -- Concurrency of powers : the zebra in the room / Nico Steytler.