Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

CHAPTER 1: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL ADJUDICATION

1. Constitutional justice prior to 1948
2. American-style constitutional review during the post-war transition
3. A complex conception: Designing the Constitutional Court
4. A long gestation: The activation of the Court
5. The birth of a new system of constitutional adjudication
6. Taking a deep breath: The Court's relationship to the body politic
7. The "eras" of the Constitutional Court
8. The present and future of the Court: constitutional justice in global context

CHAPTER 2: The Constitutional Court: rules and model

1. The system of constitutional justice designed by the Constituent Assembly
2. Composition
3. Jurisdiction
4. The system of judicial review
5. Acts that are subject to judicial review
6. The Italian model of judicial review: "Cooperative" and "Networked"


CHAPTER 3: FORMS AND METHODS OF JUDICIAL REASONING

1. A concurrent plurality of methods of interpretation
2. Reasonabless, proportionality and balancing of values
3. The use of transnational law and comparative method
4. The decisions of the constitutional court and their effects


PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE

CHAPTER 4: KEY RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

1. The rights and duties of citizens in the Constitution
2. The fundamental principles of inviolability and equality
3. Personal liberty
4. Freedom of religion
5. Life, reproduction, health
6. Family
7. Social rights
8. Citizens and migrants


CHAPTER 5: POWERS AND CONFLICTS

1. Relations of powers and the unique role of the Judiciary
2. Executive vs. President of the Republic
3. Executive vs. Parliament
4. Judiciary vs. Parliament
5. Judiciary vs. President of the Republic


CHAPTER 6: REGIONALISM

1. Not "federal" but "regional"
2. The 2001 constitutional reform of the regional system
3. Statutory autonomy
4. Legislative autonomy
5. Administrative Autonomy: The principle of subsidarity
6. Financial Autonomy


CHAPTER 7: NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ADJUDICATION IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE

1. The European Clauses of the Italian Constitution
2. The Constitutional Court and the European Union
3. The Constitutional Court and the European Convention on Human Rights


Appendix I: The Constitution of the Republic of Italy

Appendix II: Justices 1955 to present

Appendix III: Basic Statistics on the Constitutional Court

Table of Cases

Index

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