Public Law Studies Quarterly

The Role of the “Subsidiarity” Principle Under EU Law in ‎Realizing Local Democracy with a View to its Applicability ‎in the Iranian Legal System

Authors

Aliasghar Alizadeh 1
Ebad Rouhi 2
Javanmir Abdollahi 3
Arkan Sharifi 4

1 Ph.D.student, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Assistant prof, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj ‎Branch, Sanandaj, Iran‎

3 Assistant prof, Department of Public Law, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran‎

4 Assistant prof, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj ‎Branch, Sanandaj, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2020.288133.2165
Abstract
The principle of subsidiarity or necessity of making the decision at the closest point to the principal is a doctrine that has been evaluated and implemented in some political and legal systems in recent decades. The German constitutional system, and most importantly the EU system have enabled the practical implementation of this principle. The application of this principle, however, is not without challenges. In the EU legal system, a quarter-century of experience in implementing this principle implies a number of difficulties that challenge one of the most successful regional political and judicial systems. By critically evaluating the background and implemention of this principle of EU law in terms of local democracy, this paper seeks to examine the reasons and the implications of its successes and failures from a legal point of view. 

Keywords

democracy
distribution of competence
EU
local democracy

  1. English

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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 53, Issue 2
Summer 2023
Spring 2023
Pages 1095-1119

  • Receive Date 22 September 2019
  • Revise Date 25 January 2020
  • Accept Date 22 June 2020

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