Title: The principle of retroactivity of the more favourable criminal law: second life between Europe and the Constitution

Date: 09/03/2010

Subject: The Author examines the more recent jurisprudence of the Italian Court of Cassation concerning the principle of retroactivity of the more favourable criminal law and in particular the Court’s order, which has raised the question of constitutional legitimacy of the temporary norm of the Italian law that in 2006 reduced the terms for prescription because in contrast with the ECHR

Original language: Italian

Classification: Justice - Art. 49 Favor rei

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