Transformative Constitutionalism and Constitutional Courts in the European Legal Space. Germany and Italy in a Comparative Perspective.

The present contribution aims to understand whether the developments occurring in the activity of two very famous constitutional courts, namely the German and the Italian ones, are compliant with the conception of separation of powers designed by contemporary constitutionalism, or, on the contrary, may represent the prelude of a democratic regression. The article also examines whether the Italian legal system may be considered an example of transformative constitutionalism.