L’esperienza di Finlandia e Norvegia

Abstract

The Finnish and Norwegian experience - After the current Covid-19 pandemic, national governments and parliaments – including that of the Nordic Countries – are taking exceptional measures to slow down the spread of the virus. Many constitutional issues of comparative interest arises during states of emergency, such as the requirements of a declaration of state of emergency, the constitutional competences to make such declaration, the oversight of the declaration and the prolongation of the state of emergency, both by the executive and parliament, the limits on the scope and on the duration of emergency measures. In this report, it is proposed a comparative perspective on constitutional provisions and legislation on emergency situations in Finland and Norway.