"The role of the constitutional judiciary in protecting the principle of the unity of the federal state

Abstract

The federal state is based on several principles, the first and most important of which is (The principle of the unity of the federal state), which means that the federal state is one state with its own constitution and powers that extend its jurisdiction to all parts of it, and it has its people and its territory. It also appears to other countries  as a one state that exercises its various international powers and jurisdictions and bears the consequences of the actions of its bodies towards foreign countries. The principle of unity is a basic principle on which the federal state rests, or it is one of the pillars of the federal system. Therefore, states are keen to protect it by several means, perhaps the most important of which is the existence of a Supreme Court entrusted with the matter of settling disputes that may arise between levels of government in the federal state, whether these disputes relate to a violation of provisions The Constitution or its interpretation or any other dispute that leads to conflict between the central government and the states or between the states.