Il sistema delle fonti come variabile “dipendente”

di Antonio D'Atena

SOMMARIO: 1. Fonti, forma di Stato e forma di Governo. – 2. Forma, forza e gerarchia a base formale. – 3. Dallo Stato liberale-censitario all’irruzione del pluralismo. – 4. La Costituzione repubblicana, il criterio della competenza e l’erosione della gerarchia a base formale: la gerarchia dei contenuti. – 5. Costituzionalismo multilivello e criterio della preferenza. – 6. Le autorità indipendenti e l’elaborazione di canoni non normativi. – 7. Una conclusione interlocutoria.

 
Sources of law organization reflects the genuine essence of the entire constitutional system. With the 1948 Constitution, Italy took note of the failure of the 19th century idea of statutory law and, after the collapse of the fascist organization of law, embraced constitutional pluralism. This fundamental choice produced very important effects concerning sources of law. First of all, hierarchy is no more the only criterion to solve conflict between norms because competence was originally introduced by the Constituent Assembly and, after adhesion to the European Community, the Constitutional Court has recognized the preference of EU law. Secondly, statutory law is no more the most relevant source because law i salso produced by local and regional authorities.