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Mr. Pudgemonth is a financial investor who wants to move from Belgium to Spain, specifically to Catalonia. However, he is unfamiliar with the existing territorial model in Spain and the political problems that this Spanish region is currently facing. He turns to IE Law students for legal advice on the possibility of moving to Catalonia, but not before learning a little more about the Spanish territorial model and its current problems.
The aim of this case study is for students to become familiar with the different models of territorial distribution of power (forms of state) and to be able to distinguish between the main existing models in comparative law: federal, regional and unitary states (both decentralised and strongly centralised models).
In addition, the aim is also to provide students with a deeper understanding of the so-called right of peoples to decide and the possibility of self-determination and independence of the peoples in today's democracies, as well as its real effectiveness.
