Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism: The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781108496131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 280 str.

Giuseppe Martinico

Opis

Exploring Italy as a case study, this book investigates how populists in power manipulate categories and instruments of constitutional law.

Recenzje

'Is there a populist theory of the constitution? Probably not, but the relationship between populism and constitutionalism is much more complex than we might think at first glance. Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism investigates this relationship, offering a fascinating examination of comparative law, in which diachronic and synchronic comparisons are skillfully employed. The subtitle ('The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective!') should not betray the fact that this is not just a book about Italy. It is, in fact, a volume in which the Italian case is treated as a particular example of the broader trend that is post-totalitarian constitutionalism … this volume is interesting not only for constitutional and comparative lawyers, but also for scholars interested in European Union law.' Matteo Monti, EU Law Live

Spis treści

1. Populist Constitutionalism: An Oxymoron? 2. Italy and Post-World War II Constitutionalism; 3. Mimetism and Parasitism in Action: Sovereignism and Identity Politics versus Post WWII – Constitutional Openness; 4. Mimetism and Parasitism in Action: Politics of Immediacy and the Case of The Referendum; 5. The Assault on Representative Democracy as the Other Side of the Politics of Immediacy; 6. The Return of the Imperative Mandate?; 7. Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism; Final Remarks.