Formal and Substantive limits in the revision of the Italian Constitution

  • Daniel Capodiferro Cubero Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Keywords: Constitutional revision, Italy, constitutional rigidity, intangibility clauses, referendum

Abstract

The revision of the Italian Constitution of 1947 is a particularly complex issue. Although it is regulated by only two provisions, with some procedural guidelines and a material limit ensuring a certain degree of rigidity, its development and the contributions from the Constitutional Court have created a particularly complex procedure, with many open questions. Additionally, practice has even shown some reform attempts outside the established rules. All this within a context of permanent questioning of its adequacy, linked to a situation of almost endemic institutional crisis in the country, which resolution seems difficult regarding the current mismatch between the requirements of the Constitution for its amendment and the political situation. The aim of this paper is to critically describe the issue through the detailed analysis of its regulation, case law and the existing doctrinal contributions.

Received: 27.11.2022
Accepted: 01.12.2022

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Author Biography

Daniel Capodiferro Cubero, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Profesor Contratado Doctor
Departamento de Derecho Constitucional

Published
2022-12-27
How to Cite
Capodiferro Cubero, Daniel. 2022. “Formal and Substantive Limits in the Revision of the Italian Constitution”. Estudios De Deusto 70 (2), 77-114. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed.2647.
Section
Studies