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| Title |
The Family and the Italian Constitution
The Origin of Section 29 and the Debate of the Constituent Assembly |
| Author(s) |
Vittorio Caporrella |
| Journal |
Storicamente |
| Volume Number |
6-2010 |
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| Published |
11 february 2010 |
| Abstract |
Paragraph 1 of section 29 of the Italian Constitution ("The Republic
recognises the rights of the family as a natural society founded on
marriage") is famous for being contradictory and for some time has been the
subject of legal and political debates.
The origin of section 29 will be reconstructed in this essay by analysing
the debate of the Constituent Assembly (1946-1947): it will be shown how the
expression “founded on marriage” derives from the amalgamation of two
sections (one on family and one on marriage) which had always been conceived
as two separate items, even by the catholic Members of Parliament. This
amalgamation stemmed from the fight about introducing a ban on divorce into
the Constitution and the resulting failure to do so left the first paragraph
incomplete and incomprehensible. The research highlights not only the
difficulty of the DC (Christian Democrat Party) and the PCI (Italian
Communist Party) to reach the customary constitutional compromise on family
issues but also the divisions within the individual parties and the
conditioning force exerted by the propagandistic strategies in view of the
1948 elections. |
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| Document type |
Article |
| Language |
Italian |
| Keywords |
storia della famiglia, assemblea costituente, costituzione italiana |
| Reprint Address |
Univ. Bologna, Dipartimento Discipline Storiche, Antropologiche e Geografiche, P.zza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna, I-40124, Italy |
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| E-mail |
vittorio.caporrella@unibo.it |
| Publisher |
Archetipolibri |
| ISSN |
1825-411X |
| DOI |
10.1473/stor70 |
| Peer Reviewed |
Yes |
| Citation |
V. Caporrella, La famiglia nella Costituzione italiana.
La genesi dell'articolo 29 e il dibattito
della Costituente, «Storicamente», 6 (2010), http://www.storicamente.org/07_dossier/famiglia/
famiglia_costituzione_italiana.htm |
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