Pietro Giuseppe Grasso, Silvia Illari

Profili di teoria generale del diritto pubblico nelle disposizioni in materia di terrorismo

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Settembre-Dicembre 2007

Anno LXXII    n. 3

Summary - The prevention of terrorism is nowadays one of the major tasks of all democracies and regional and international organisations, consequently also the Italian government, following the terrorist attack of 11 September, 2001, enacted emergency statutes to increase home prevention and protection against terrorism. The aim of this paper is to analyse some constitutional issues contained in the new legislation and focus upon particular features dealing with criminal instruments to prevent international terrorism. The comparison between this legislation and the traditional states of emergency discloses the different approach of constitutional States to solve the new crisis. This paper is concluded by some considerations and insights about international terrorism and public law.