The role of the judiciary within the construction of collective memory. The Italian Transition, in Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration and Economics

This article focuses on the Italian transition from the Fascist regime to the democratic Republic. It analyses how Italy has been dealing with Fascist and Nazi crimes, and in particular with its own national responsibilities related to those crimes. In the vast, heterogeneous and controversial spectrum of the Italian transition, this article highlights the role of the Italian judiciary in the trials against the Fascist criminals. In the second part, the article dwells on the impact of the criminal prosecution of Fascist crimes on the creation of a collective memory of those events.