Abstract
ABSTRACT To date, intergovernmental relations have been analysed from a variety of different perspectives, the constitutionality of the laws passed by different levels of government being one of them. Here, drawing on a unique database containing all the regional laws passed in Spain between 1980 and 2021, we examine the strategic dimension of their judicialisation by the party in government at the central level. The results show that partisan preferences along left-right and centre-periphery axes have played an important role in this regard. In addition, we show that the central government has often engaged in a game of tug-of-war with the Constitutional Court depending on its composition, with a more favourable court typically leading to greater litigiousness.
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