Tag: Italian Corte Costituzionale
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The Cautious Attitude of the Italian Constitutional Court on Assisted Suicide: An Example of “Passive Activism”?
—Tania Groppi, Università degli Studi di Siena [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more on our 2024 columnists, see here.] On July 18th, 2024, the Italian Constitutional Court (hereinafter ICC) ruled (for the fourth time in the last few years) on assisted suicide (decision n° 135/2024).
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Striking Down Austerity Measures: Crisis Jurisprudence in Europe
—Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Adjunct Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace Due to the socialist ‘Carnation Revolution’ that led the country to its democratization after 1974, Portugal has inherited one of the most powerful Constitutions of Europe regarding the protection of social rights.