This study focuses on the Italian Constitutional Court, the newest and most prestigious addition to a judicial tradition that can be traced as far back as the Roman Empire. This court has indeed been an effective policy-making body, particularly in matters of civil liberties and church–state relations, as well as in compelling the legislative branch, where it has been so charged, to complete the drafting of the Constitution. The Court has faltered at times in defending its independence, and this account argues that life appointments might be a viable means of achieving the goal of a constitutional body that serves ‘nec spe nec metu’. © 1992, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Judicial Policy-Making in Italy: The Constitutional Court / DE FRANCISCIS, MARIA ELISABETTA. - In: WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS. - ISSN 0140-2382. - 15:3(1992), pp. 68-79. [10.1080/01402389208424921]

Judicial Policy-Making in Italy: The Constitutional Court

DE FRANCISCIS, MARIA ELISABETTA
1992

Abstract

This study focuses on the Italian Constitutional Court, the newest and most prestigious addition to a judicial tradition that can be traced as far back as the Roman Empire. This court has indeed been an effective policy-making body, particularly in matters of civil liberties and church–state relations, as well as in compelling the legislative branch, where it has been so charged, to complete the drafting of the Constitution. The Court has faltered at times in defending its independence, and this account argues that life appointments might be a viable means of achieving the goal of a constitutional body that serves ‘nec spe nec metu’. © 1992, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
1992
Judicial Policy-Making in Italy: The Constitutional Court / DE FRANCISCIS, MARIA ELISABETTA. - In: WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS. - ISSN 0140-2382. - 15:3(1992), pp. 68-79. [10.1080/01402389208424921]
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