Implementation and Revision of the Italian Constitution Since the 1990s

Abstract

This article describes the evolution of the Italian Constitution since 1990. A distinction is made between a “rigid” Constitution and an applied or “living” Constitution. Laws that have constitutional status and their limits are also examined. Moreover, the changing destiny of the various “seasons of reform” of the Constitution and the long road towards the “implemental” integration of the Constitution is also discussed. Finally, the role of the Constitutional Court in relation to the Constitution and as the “guarantor of the constitutional conformity” of the entire legal system is explained.

Keywords:

• Italian constitution
• constitutional reforms
• Constitutional Courts
• administrative law