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THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RELEVANCE OF THE ECHR IN
DOMESTIC AND EUROPEAN LAW
An Italian Perspective
Edited by
Giorgio REPETTO
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Giorgio Repetto (ed.)
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to the book's authors, who supported and encouraged me during the early stage of the initiative, and whose contribution, far beyond the articles published here, played an enormous role in the conception of the book. I wish to thank Eric Steven Dennis for his linguistic expertise and his sensitive approach to legal language. Secondly, I am indebted to the two Institutions that supported the publication: Centro studi giuridici e politici della Regione Umbria and itsPresident,
avv. Marco Lucio Campiani, who aided us with a financial grant, and Dipartimento di Diritto pubblico at the Universita di Perugia (Research Unit on 'The Effectiveness of Rights in the Light of the European Court of Human Rights Case Law', https://diritti-cedu.unipg.it), for its organizational and financial support.Thirdly, I
am grateful to Ann-Christin Maak of Intersentia and the anonymous reviewers, who helped me clarify the book's main thesis and allowed me to realize this project. And last but not least, I wish to acknowledge all the people who gave me precious suggestions for every aspect of the book's preparation: Luisa Cassetti, Francesco Cerrone, Silvia Niccolai, Cesare Pinelli and Mauro Volpi.Intersentia v
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ..................................................... v List of Authors ................. , ..................................... xiii INTRODUCTION. THE ECHR AND THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONALLANDSCAPE: REASSESSING PARADIGMS
Giorgio
REPETTO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. The ECHR and the Idea of 'Constitutional Relevance' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. The ECHR'S Constitutional Dimension in Domestic Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. The Trans-European Constitutional Relevance of the ECHR. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. The 'Italian' Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Outline of Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART I. ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION FOR THEECHR IN DOMESTIC LAW
PART I.A. THE RENEWING OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE: THE ECHR IN ITALIAN DOMESTIC LAW ............................ 23 The Constitutional Background of the 2007 Revolution. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court Diletta TEGA ..................................................... 251. The Value of the European Convention on Human Rights in the
System
of National Sources: Doctrinal Reconstructions ............... 252. The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court ....................... 27
2.1. The First Phase: A Traditional Dualism ......................... 29
2.2. The Second Phase: A More 'Modern' Dualism ................... 31
2.3. The Third Phase: A Duality 'In Transformation' .................. 33
Rethinking a Constitutional Role for the ECHR. The Dilemmas ofIncorporation into Italian Domestic Law
Giorgio
REPETTO ................................................. 371. The New Ranking of the ECHR and the Shift to 'Constitutional
Dualism'
........................................................ 372. The Constitutional Background of the 2007 Revolution ............... 41
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Contents
2.1. 'Abstractness' and 'Embeddedness' in Constitutional Adjudication. 41
2.2. The Model of the ECHR as 'Interposed Rule' and its Institutional
Underpinnings . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443. The Quest for Substantial Interaction Between Constitutional and
Conventional Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4. 'Italian Style' and the ECHR: The Current Situation ................... 48
5. The Incorporation of the ECHR: A Matter of Constitutional Theory? . . . 51
Strasbourg Jurisprudence as an Input for 'Cultural Evolution' in ItalianJudicial Practice
Andrea
GUAZZAROTTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
1. Strasbourg Jurisprudence and 'Culture' of Judicial Precedent in Italy .... 55
2. Comparing the Reporting System of the Strasbourg and Italian
Jurisprudence
.................................................... 563. The ECHR and the 'Ad Hoc Balancing Delegated to Courts' ............ 58
4. The 'Concreteness' of the Tests Provided by the European Court
of Human Rights ................................................. 615. Distinguishing and Decisions No. 348 and No. 349 of2007 of the
Italian Constitutional Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
626. The Agrati Case, or the Failure of the Italian Way to Manipulate
Precedents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
657. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PART I.B. THE MOST DANGEROUS BREACH? THE RIGHT TO
A FAIR TRIAL AND THE QUEST FOR EFFECTIVENESS ............... 69 The Strasbourg Court's Influence on the Italian Criminal TrialMariangela
MoNTAGNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711. The Dialogue Between Courts and the Protection of Fundamental
Rights, Between Changing Roles
and New Outlooks oflnterpretation ... 712. Trial In Absentia and Remedies .................................... 72
2.1. Pressures From the European Court of Human Rights ............ 73
2.2. 'Internal' Solutions: The Legislature's Action .................... 74
2.3. Action by the Constitutional Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
3. Right to a Public Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The ECHR's Influence on the Italian Regulation of the AdministrativeTrial. The Right
to an Independent and Impartial Tribunal MartaMENGOZZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1. Introduction: the Right to a Fair Trial in the Convention System . . . . . . . 83
2. The Guarantee of the Judge's Impartiality and the Various Outcomes
of the Dialogue Between Legal Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 viii IntersentiaContents
3. A Case of Clear ECHR Influence: the So-called Force of Prevention ..... 86
4. A Case of Extremely Complex Dialogue: The Simultaneous Presence
of Consultative and Jurisdictional Functions in the Bodies of Administrative Justice ............................................ 905. A Case of Missed Dialogue: Non-judicial Positions Held by
Administrative Magistrates ........................................ 936. Conclusion ...................................................... 94
PART I. C. ECHR IN NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ..................................................... 97 Toward a Convergence Between the EU and ECHR Legal Systems? AComparative Perspective
Oreste PoLLICINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
1. The Post-Enlargement Aggressive Phase of the European Court of
Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
2. The Opposite Post-Enlargement Reaction of the Court ofJustice of the European Union ..................... .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013. The National Judicial Treatment of the Supranational Laws.
Confirmation or Denial of the Convergence Process Identified atthe European Level? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
National Constitutions and the ECHR. Comparative Remarks in Light of Germany's ExperienceAlessandra Dr MARTINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
1. Introduction .................................................... 119
2. The German Federal Constitutional Tribunal and the European
Court of Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
2.1. The Gorgiilu-Beschluft ....................................... 121
2.2. The Caroline-Urteil II ....................................... 123 2.3. The Judgment on Preventive Detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253. Comparative Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
3.1. The ECHR in the Italian Legal Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 3.2. Non-Application and Construction of Ordinary Law in Harmony with the Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1283.3. Balancing and Reasonability Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
3.4. The Impact of the ECHR and Related Case Law on National
Courts and Legislators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
4.Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134