Abstract
In its decision on assisted suicide (order no. 207 of 2018, on the case of Marco Cappato), for the first time the Italian Constitutional Court gives the grounds for a declaration of (partial) invalidity, but does not adopt it, and delays the final judgment, allowing the legislator some time to correct the relevant law. The essay is a first and tentative procedural commentary of this new technique of constitutional adjudication and its reasons: arguments of comparative law; the Court’s power to delay judgments; political discretion and its limits. Ultimately, only future developments will reveal how judicial modesty and activism will mix in this highly troubled matter.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] AN INTERLOCUTORY ORDER ON ASSISTED SUICIDE. PROCESS CONSIDERATIONS AT FIRST READING |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 1323-1342 |
Numero di pagine | 20 |
Rivista | Rivista Italiana di Medicina Legale e del Diritto in Campo Sanitario |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2018 |
Keywords
- assisted suicide
- constitutional justice
- end of life
- legislative discretion