La Corte costituzionale, l’illecito ed il governo della colpa (The Italian Constitutional Court and the Assessment of Fault in Tort Law)

M. Bussani (ed.), La responsabilità civile nella giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale, E.S.I.: Naples, 2006, 3-44

25 Pages Posted: 11 Jan 2013 Last revised: 10 Jan 2022

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Mauro Bussani

University of Trieste School of Law

Marta Infantino

University of Trieste

Date Written: January 10, 2007

Abstract

Under Italian law, the (only) court competent to solve constitutional questions – the Constitutional Court – is often required to verify the constitutionality of tort law rules. Focusing on the Constitutional Court’s pronouncements about the notion of fault in tort liability, the paper aims to investigate how the Court performs its role in a field where judicial review is seldom aimed to the scant legislative tort law rules, and most of the times targets the way in which ordinary courts, including the Court of Cassation (i.e. the Supreme Court in civil matters), apply tort law rules, and set the fault standard(s).

Keywords: Tort Law, Italian Law, Constitutional Law

JEL Classification: K13

Suggested Citation

Bussani, Mauro and Infantino, Marta, La Corte costituzionale, l’illecito ed il governo della colpa (The Italian Constitutional Court and the Assessment of Fault in Tort Law) (January 10, 2007). M. Bussani (ed.), La responsabilità civile nella giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale, E.S.I.: Naples, 2006, 3-44, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2199161

Mauro Bussani (Contact Author)

University of Trieste School of Law ( email )

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Trieste, Trieste 34100
Italy

Marta Infantino

University of Trieste ( email )

Piazzale Europa, 1
Trieste, Trieste 34100
Italy

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