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Two Democracies Work Better Together. French and Italian decision-making processes for the Turin-Lyon railway project.
2013
The Pan-European Corridor V railway line connects Lisbon and Kiev and touches many European countries. The paper present focuses on the Turin-Lyon section where French and Italian authorities jointly work on this huge infrastructure project while applying different approaches. While there are provisions for a public debates on such issues in France, there is no similar institutional framework in Italy. Hence, the analysis allows to compare the dynamics of the public debate in two democratic systems with different public decision-making systems and political cultures. While the French case evidences that public institutions can activate participation by providing “invited spaces” for collect…
Democrazia e partecipazione politica nella giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea
2011
L'articolo si propone di verificare il ruolo che ha avuto il concetto di democrazia rappresentativa nella giurisprudenza della Corte di Giustizia. The articles examines the role that the concept of Representative Democracy has played in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Oltre la democrazia rappresentativa? Sovranità popolare e referendum nell’esperienza britannica, spagnola e francese
2019
In this paper the author elaborates on reflections about the role of the referendum in the British legal system, well-known to be characterized by a representative democracy, with the intent to examine the evolution of this institute. It is also a comparative study which examines the effects of the consultative referendum in the Spanish legal system and the characteristics and the effects of the legislative referendum in the French legal system in order to identify the analogies and the differences among these referendum.
I principi democratici nel diritto dell'Unione europea
2011
Il lavoro esamina possibili significati e funzioni delle norme in tema di principi democratici introdotte nel TUE dal Trattato di Lisbona. This book examines the articles referring to the democratic principles, which have been introduced in the TEU by theTreaty of Lisbon, and their possible meanings and functions in the EU legal system.