Giuliano Amato is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-serving Prime Minister.
The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name Consulta is used as a metonym for it, because its sessions are held in Palazzo della Consulta in Rome.
A dissenting opinion is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.
The Supreme Court of Cassation is the highest court of appeal or court of last resort in Italy. It has its seat in the Palace of Justice, Rome.
The Palazzo della Consulta is a late Baroque palace in central Rome, Italy; since 1955, it houses the Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic. It sits across the Piazza del Quirinale from the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic, the Quirinal Palace.
Mario Tanassi was an Italian politician, who was several times Minister of the Italian Republic. In 1979 he was condemned by the Constitutional Court of Italy for his involvement in the Lockheed bribery scandal.
Fausto Cuocolo was an Italian jurist and politician. Cuocolo was amongst the most important Italian constitutionalist and one of the "fathers" of the Italian regionalism.
Marta Cartabia is an Italian jurist and academic who served as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Mario Rosario Morelli is an Italian judge. He was Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 12 December 2011 and 12 December 2020, and served as its president from 16 September 2020.
Mauro Ferri was an Italian politician and judge.
Paolo Rossi was an Italian lawyer and politician.
Augusto Antonio Barbera is an Italian judge and former constitutional law professor at the University of Bologna. In his political career he was member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 1994 for the Italian Communist Party and later the Democratic Party of the Left. In 1993 he served shortly as Minister without portfolio for relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Barbera has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 21 December 2015 and its President since 12 December 2023.
Francesco Viganò is an Italian judge and criminal law professor at the Bocconi University in Milan. He was appointed Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy by president Sergio Mattarella, and sworn in on 8 March 2018.
Luca Antonini is an Italian lawyer, jurist, and constitutional law professor at the University of Padua. He is Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 26 July 2018.
Valerio Onida was an Italian jurist, and constitutional law professor, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy and President of the Court from September 2004 to January 2005.
Stefano Petitti is an Italian judge. He has been a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 10 December 2019.
The principle of typicality is a general legal principle that takes on different meanings in contexts.
Gaetano Azzariti was an Italian jurist and politician, who headed the Commission on Race under the Fascist regime, and served as Minister of Justice of the Badoglio I Cabinet after the fall of the regime. After the war, from 1957 to 1961, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Italy.
Alfonso Quaranta was an Italian magistrate. He served as President of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 2011 to 2013.
Francesco Amirante was an Italian magistrate. He served on the Constitutional Court from 2001 to 2010 and was its President from 2009 to 2010.
