MARIO PISANI

A proposito dei senatori nominati a vita

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Gennaio-Aprile 2005

Anno LXX    n. 1

Summary - The author returns, after a few years, to the theme of the nomination of life senators on the part of the president of the republic, in order to give an account of the recent applications of the relative norms and, in particular, of the paths leading to reform of those norms within the wider context of constitutional reform.  The author also takes note of the recent "extra-institutional" phenomenon consisting in the fact of numerous "candidatures" being put forward informally and, conversely, the three nominations made by the current president Ciampi (2001/2004).  The author concludes with some critical considerations concerning the utility of the institution of presidential nomination of life senators.