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The Constitution of the Italian Republic

American Political Science Review, 1948
At the beginning of 1948, Italy's first republican constitution went into effect. After exactly a century, the Statuto of 1848 was finally and formally superseded. History will record that the Statuto proved a powerful instrument in the formation of Italian unity and in the development of Italy's freedoms and parliamentary system until 1922, just as it
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The Italian Constitution: A Personalist Constitution

2022
After briefly introducing the essential and original features of the personalist principle that is embraced by the Italian Constitution, the paper considers the work of the Constituent Assembly in which, in spite of its undoubtedly Catholic origin, the substance of the personalist principle was fully endorsed by the other ideological and cultural ...
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Forms and Methods of Constitutional Interpretation – Italian Style

2021
Roma Tre Law Review – 01 ...
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The Italian constitution after seventy years between referenda, electoral laws and institutional reform: a past that does not pass? [PDF]

Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2019
The last thirty years in Italy’s political and institutional life have been uncommonly intense. Therefore, although no formal constitutional break has taken place, commentators have sub-divided the seventy-year history of the Republic into two periods: a
clementi, francesco
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The Independence of the Italian Constitutional Court

Constitutional Political Economy, 2003
It is often asserted that the Italian Constitutional Court is not independent of the Executive and Legislative branches of the government in Rome. We offer a view of independence that is congruent with bodies such as constitutional courts. We argue that the evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, however poor it may be, indicates that the Italian ...
A. BRETON, FRASCHINI, Angela Emilietta
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Unamendability and Constitutional Identity in the Italian Constitutional Experience

European Journal of Law Reform, 2019
Unamendability and Constitutional Identity in the Italian Constitutional Experience The article explores the historical roots of the explicit unamendable clause(s) in the Italian Constitution. Following, it explores the scholarly debate over the interpretation of unamendable provisions.
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Constitutional Reasoning in the Italian Constitutional Court

2014
This article deals with the context and methods of constitutional reasoning developed by the Italian Constitutional Court in 40 cases that have been selected for being considered as “leading cases” within the Italian system (until June 2013). It is part of the CONREASON (Constitutional Reasoning in a Comparative Perspective) Project, hosted by the Max ...
GROPPI, TANIA, SPIGNO, IRENE
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The Fundamentals of the New Italian Constitution

Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, 1954
The present Italian Constitution may be said to have its origin in the adoption of the republican form of government by the referendum held in June, 1946. Its basic features are embodied in the Charter constructed by the Constitutional Assembly then elected and are designed to establish a firm foundation for the organization and life of the Italian ...
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The Italian Constitution and European Constitutional Unification

2000
L’article propose des réflexions sur le rapport entre la réalisation d’une Constitution européenne et le système constitutionnel italien. Le transfert de pouvoirs au profit de l‘Union européenne rend nécessaire, pour que le principe démocratique ne sait pas violé, une participation populaire dans la tentative constituante européenne; il ...
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The constitutional court in Italian politics

West European Politics, 1988
The Italian constitutional court was established as an extra‐political guardian of the constitution, but it has assumed an important role in policy‐making which is far removed from its original, intended functions. This article describes the political background to its development and analyses the variety of ways in which the court has to take ...
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