Richtervorlagen in Deutschland und Italien

Ein Rechtsvergleich

By (author) Luca Silvani

Book cover: Richtervorlagen in Deutschland und Italien

Extent: 408 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Series: Verfassungsentwicklung in Europa

Language: German

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(September 2026)

ISBN: 9783162005076

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $149.00

In a German-Italian comparative perspective, Luca Silvani presents the judicial referral as a flexible instrument of constitutional adjudication that reflects the differing functional conditions and strategies of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Court of Italy.


Luca Silvani examines the judicial referral procedure (concrete judicial review) in Germany and Italy and its significance for the respective systems of constitutional adjudication. Central to the analysis is the question of what understanding of their role the Federal Constitutional Court and the Corte costituzionale derive from the way this procedure is structured. Although both courts follow the Kelsenian model of a centralized constitutional judiciary, they operate under different procedural conditions: in Germany, the constitutional complaint constitutes the primary instrument of constitutional review, whereas in Italy the judicial referral plays a key role due to the absence of an individual complaint. The author adopts a comparative approach, analysing the judicial referral within the context of each system’s procedural architecture, and demonstrates that functions fulfilled through the judicial referral in Italy are largely performed by the constitutional complaint in Germany. Overall, the judicial referral emerges as a flexible instrument in which central structural questions of constitutional adjudication are brought together.

Einleitung
A. Methodik
B. Ziele und Gang der Untersuchung
C. Exkurs: Bedeutung und Funktion der Verfassungsbeschwerde
D. Grundlagen
§ 1 Die Richtervorlage vor den Fachgerichten
A. Zulässigkeitsvoraussetzungen
B. Vorlage- und Aussetzungsbeschluss
C. Zwischenergebnis
§ 2 Die Entscheidungen der Verfassungsgerichte
A. Grundlagen
B. Prozessentscheidungen
C. Sachentscheidungen
D. Effiziente Konstitutionalisierung als Ziel
Ergebnis
A. Zulässigkeitsvoraussetzungen: Das Verhältnis zu den Fachgerichten
B. Entscheidungsvarianten: Das Verhältnis zum Gesetzgeber
C. Druck erzeugt Anpassungen
Conclusioni
A. Requisiti di ammissibilità: il rapporto con i giudici a quo
B. Varianti decisionali: il rapporto con il legislatore
C. La pressione genera adeguamenti
Zusammenfassung der wesentlichen Ergebnisse
A.Einleitung
B. Die Richtervorlage vor den Fachgerichten
C. Die Entscheidungen der Verfassungsgerichte
Sintesi dei risultati principali
A. Introduzione
B. Il rinvio pregiudiziale dinanzi ai giudici comuni
C. Le decisioni delle Corti costituzionali

  • By (author) Luca Silvani