Early Systems of Judicial Review: The Council of the Ephors in 1799 Neapolitan Republic Constitution

Authors

  • Antonello Lo Calzo Università degli studi di Pisa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i14.375

Keywords:

1799 Neapolitan constitution, Francesco Mario Pagano, Council of the Ephors, Constitutional adjudication

Abstract

The short existence of the Neapolitan Republic in 1799 has bequeathed us a constitutional draft that, even with the unavoidable links to other foreign experiences, introduces institutions of great modernity in the history  of constitutional law. The constitution derived by the modern political ideas of Mario Pagano that, inspired by his juridical and philosophical education, created an institution with the mandate to guarantee the constitutionality of laws and to judge the correct execution of State power. This entity, so similar to a modern Constitutional court, would be named “Corpo degli Efori” by Pagano.

Fecha envío / Submission date: 24/05/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 21/07/2012

Author Biography

Antonello Lo Calzo, Università degli studi di Pisa

Dottorando di ricerca in Giustizia costituzionale e diritti fondamentali nell’Università degli studi di Pisa, nonché cultore di Diritto costituzionale nell’Università degli studi del Sannio, già borsista presso il corso di specializzazione in “Diritto e organizzazione della funzione parlamentare” dell’ARSAE, ha pubblicato diversi lavori in materie giuspubblicistiche.
Historia Constitucional

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No. 14 (2013): Historia Constitucional N. 14 (2013)

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Italy

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