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Dividing Parliament? Italian Bicameralism in the Legislative Process (1987–2006)
South European Society and Politics, 2008Italian bicameralism is a constitutional feature that is quite often the object of criticism from both politicians and scholars. It is also a somewhat neglected topic within Italian political science. The main aim of the present article is to evaluate the level of congruence between the two chambers of the Italian parliament, using original data on ...
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Patterns of Consensual Law-making in the Italian Parliament
South European Society and Politics, 2008The transformation of the Italian political system, which began in the early 1990s, should have had an impact upon internal parliamentary dynamics, and in particular upon the degree of consensualism within the legislative process. In this article we are going to examine this hypothesis in the light of the new empirical evidence we have regarding the ...
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Italian Parliament Orders €3 Million Trial of Disputed Therapy
Science, 2013A controversial stem cell treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, provided by the Stamina Foundation, is continuing on a small scale along with the trial.
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Institutional Rules and Legislative Outcomes in the Italian Parliament
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1976The Italian Parliament tends to displace aggregative and controversial legislation and to make special room for legislation of limited import on which coalition partners and the opposition can more easily agree. Standing committees can be empowered by constitutional norm to enact legislation without reporting it to the floor.
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The Italian Parliament and Legislative Publications: A Concise Survey
International Journal of Law Libraries, 1978This year the Italian Parliament celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its formation under the Republican Constitution of 1947, which went into effect on January 1st of the following year. Because of the parliamentary system established by the Constitution, the role of the Italian Parliament extends far beyond the law-making function.
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Characterising the Italian parliament: Legislative change in longitudinal perspective
The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2006Despite the emergence of a bipolar party system following the introduction of a new electoral law in 1993, the Italian parliament remains an exception to the rule that legislatures have little influence over policy. It was reasonable to think that party competition, based on two coalitions each competing for overall majorities, would allow governments ...
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The Italian Parliament paves the way to "fiscal federalism" [PDF]
, 2009 This article examines law no. 42 of 2009 which, in accordance with art. 119 of the Constitution, opens the way to the introduction of “fiscal federalism” in Italy. The new law falls within the sphere of the Reform of Title V of the Constitution of 2001. Following a brief reconstruction of the genesis of the text, the author emphasises the choice of law
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