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“Judicial Independence vs. Judicial Accountability. Judicial Selection Models for Constitutional Courts. A comparative analysis”
2012
Abstract La cronaca politica degli ultimi anni riporta un numero rilevante di confronti, dal tono più o meno conflittuale, tra le istituzioni politiche e quelle giurisdizionali. Di particolare rilevanza è che tale sorta di opposizione tra giustizia e politica coinvolga non solo l’operato delle magistrature ordinarie ma anche quello delle Corti costituzionali: le supreme garanti e guardiane di quei principi sui quali dovrebbe fondarsi l’intero ordinamento. A dispetto di ciò, esistono importanti occasioni in cui le autorità politiche e quelle giurisdizionali intrecciano i loro interessi, ed una di queste è proprio il momento in cui vengono reclutati i giudici costituzionali. Tuttavia, se…
El conflicto entre el Tribunal Constitucional Federal Alemán y el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea:
2020
El Tribunal Constitucional Federal alemán emitió el 5 de mayo de 2020 una larga y dura sentencia (2 BvR 859/15), que viene a contradecir y desautorizar la Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la UE de 11 de diciembre de 2018 (C-493/17, Weiss; ECLI:EU:C:2018:1000). El Tribunal Constitucional Federal no duda en calificar de incomprensible, carente de sentido y, desde luego, ultra vires la decisión del Tribunal de Justicia y el modo en el que se produjo el razonamiento del Alto Tribunal europeo. Lo que está en cuestión en el fondo es el Programa de Compras de Activos del Sector Público (PSPP) del BCE y la propia capacidad del BCE y del SEBC para adoptar ese tipo de decisiones, que pueden exce…
Il riconoscimento civile dello scioglimento canonico del matrimonio non consumato e l’attuale regime pattizio: spunti per un ripensamento (in vista d…
2019
The Concordato lateranense, as modified in 1984, no longer includes a provision on the recognition of the civil effects of dispensations super rato: and this is mainly due to political-ideological constraints which affect both the (bilateral) path of revision, and the concurrent intervention of the Constitutional Court (decision No. 18/1982) which endorses (while negotiations were still ongoing) the theory underpinning those constraints (the State’s ‘domination’ over the regulation of the marital relationship), while examining the super rato procedure in a formalistic way and stating that judicial protection is not sufficiently guaranteed. Firstly, the present paper deals with the origin, t…
La reforma del artículo 135 de la Constitución Española : ¿pueden los mercados quebrar el consenso constitucional?
2012
Este trabajo analiza la reciente reforma del artículo 135 de la Constitución española, a la luz de los principios y de la doctrina constitucional; centrándose, fundamentalmente, en el estudio crítico del procedimiento de reforma seguido, que cuestiona el consenso constitucional.This work analyzes the reform of article 135 of the Spanish Constitution which was introduced in September 2011, from the perspective of the constitutional principles as well as the decisions taken by the Constitutional Court. The focus is mainly on the analysis of the procedure followed to conduct the reform, which –it was said—severely breaks the constitutional consensus.
Informal Constitutional Changes in Romania
2015
Constitutional change has been one of the most interesting debates in the recent constitutional law scholarship. A distinction has been drawn between formal and informal constitutional changes, by using as a criterion the compliance with the requirements of the constitutional text regarding constitutional change. Usually, informal constitutional change is determined by various factors, among which the lack of clarity or the extreme rigidity of the Constitution. Constitutional Courts are among the authorities who are frequently responsible of making informal constitutional changes. The present article comprises a brief introduction on the differences between formal and informal constitutiona…
The Constitution of Latvia – A Bridge Between Traditions and Modernity
2019
The Latvian constitutional system is based on the principle of State continuity after the Soviet occupation, and this is reflected in the reinstatement of the 1922 Constitution (Satversme). Unlike other constitutions in the post-communist area, it is characterised as a laconic and predominantly procedural constitution. However, important amendments were introduced in 1996 and 1998, establishing the Constitutional Court and introducing a catalogue of fundamental rights. The constitutional culture has been influenced by German traditions in constitutional jurisprudence, and the adjudication of legislation on substantive grounds has been stringent. This is particularly evident in the annulment…
La genitorialita` procreativa nella coppia omoaffettiva (femminile). Riflessioni a margine di Corte cost. n. 221/2019
2020
Il contributo esamina criticamente la sentenza della Corte costituzionale n. 221 del 2019, che ha affermato la legittimità costituzionale delle previsioni della legge 19 febbraio 2004, n. n. 40, che vietano l’accesso alle tecniche di procreazione medicalmente assistita alle coppie dello stesso sesso. Sulla base di una lettura evolutiva delle regole e dei principî costituzionali e convenzionali implicati, il saggio giunge a una diversa soluzione interpretativa, sostenendo la riconoscibilità del diritto alla genitorialità procreativa degli individui ad orientamento omoaffettivo e la sua compatibilità con l’interesse della prole a nascere e a crescere in un nucleo familiare idoneo ad assicurar…
Of Direct Effect, Primacy and Constitutional Identities. Rome and Luxembourg enmeshed in the Taricco Case
2017
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La Carta sociale europea come parametro interposto nella recente giurisprudenza costituzionale: novità e questioni aperte
2019
In two judgments delivered in 2018 (No. 120 and No. 194), the Constitutional Court for the first time referred to provisions of the European Social Charter as an interposed norm in the constitutional review of primary laws. The two judgments, however, leave two questions open. First, in judgment No. 120, the Court recognizes taht the European Social Charter may complement Article 117, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, as it constitutes a natural integration of the European Conventionof Human Rights on the social level, which in fact distinguishes it from "ordinary" international agreements. In its subsequent judgment No. 194, on the other hand, the Court speaks of treaties with constitution…
RECENSIONE A DILETTA TEGA, LA CORTE NEL CONTESTO. PERCORSI DI RI-ACCENTRAMENTO DELLA GIUSTIZIA COSTITUZIONALE IN ITALIA, BOLOGNA, 2020
2020
After a short outline of the content of the book, the Autor focus on the issue of procedural rules concerning the excercise of functions constitutionally given to the Italian Constiutional Court defending the position of a natural flexibility of those rules due to the peculiar position of the Constitutional Court in the system of constitutional powers and the need of constantly re-legitimate its role.