SANTI ROMANO AND THE ESSAY CONCERNING “THE NATURE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY RULES OF PROCEDURES”: SOME READING KEYS

Abstract

The work analyzes the essay of Santi Romano published in Modena in 1906 concerning “The nature of the Parliamentary Rules of Procedures”. The essay of Romano – a landmark in the Italian Parliamentary studies – is divided in two parts. In the first part, Romano has denied the legal nature of the Parliamentary Rules of Procedures (paragraphs 1-33). In the second part, he pointed out the impact of the Parliamentary Rules of Procedures on the interpretation and informal evolution of Constitutional law (paragraphs 34-38). The work aims to highlight the close connections between these two theses.