Generational and constitutional change

Abstract

Revisione costituzionale e revisione generazionale – The text discusses the work of Prof. Richard Albert by situating it in the cycles of comparative constitutional studies that have animated legal scholarship over the second half of XX century and underlining the thorough research that has enabled the author to distinguish between constitutional amendment and constitutional dismemberment. Specific reference is made to the (ab)use of legalistic theories to justify changes to the constitutional framework that apparently defy the unity of the original constitution making process.