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.

Maribya is an Asian country that is facing a huge economic and political crisis. The king has fled into exile and the prime minister wants to draft a new constitution, as the current one is neither applied nor wanted by the majority of the population. The prime minister turns to IE law students for legal advice on how to proceed with the constitution-making process.

By solving this case, students will learn about the process of making and drafting a written constitution. Thus, they have to analyse the subjects involved in the constituent process, and who the key actors may be. Likewise, they have to analyse the content that such a Constitution should include and which parts it should contain: preamble, institutional part and dogmatic part (among others).

In addition, students will have to study the following aspects of the country, in order to be able to draft the constitution itself: the territorial model: unitary or federal; the political form of the State: Monarchy or Republic; the main powers of the State: Government (AKA Executive), Parliament (AKA Legislative) and Judiciary; the rights and liberties of citizens and the process of constitutional reform.