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- Title
Choosing between the government and the regions: An empirical analysis of the Italian constitutional court decisions.
- Authors
Pellegrina, Lucia Dalla; Garoupa, Nuno
- Abstract
In this article the extent to which political variables can explain the behaviour of constitutional judges in Italy when dealing with conflicts between the central government and regions is explored. Two competing hypotheses are tested. One hypothesis argues that one should expect some alignment between the political preferences of the judges and the success of the central government primarily due to the appointment mechanism. The other hypothesis suggests that there should be no systematic alignment between the political preferences of the judges and the success of the central government. Unlike previous literature, the empirical results presented in this article seem to confirm that when the Rapporteur and the court's majority are allegedly affiliated with the Prime Minister's coalition, the odds of success of the Prime Minister go up.
- Subjects
ITALY; CONSTITUTIONAL courts; CONSTITUTIONAL law; JUDICIAL selection &; appointment -- Political aspects; CENTRAL-local government relations; JUDICIAL process; ADMINISTRATIVE &; political divisions
- Publication
European Journal of Political Research, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 4, p558
- ISSN
0304-4130
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1475-6765.12003