Constitutional courts as frontier institutions: a look at Italian constitutional court’s experience about the frontiers of human life

Authors

  • Maria Pia Iadicicco Università degli studi della Campania «Luigi Vanvitelli»
  • Giuseppe Laneve Università degli studi di Macerata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/aijc.24.16

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the attitude of the Italian Constitutional Court regarding some ethically and scientifically controversial issues (birth, abortion, end of life) in order to verify how much the Court confirms to be a «frontier Institution» between legislator and judges and between internal and external legal systems.

Published

2020-12-10

Issue

Section

CASE LAW