1. The English costitution
ENGLISH CONSTITUTION VS ITALIAN CONSTITUTION
The English costitution
The Italian costitution

2. THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION

3. Definition
The English Constitution is a book written in 1867 by Walter Bagehot
The book became a standard work which was translated into several languages

4. Characteristics
It defined the rights and role of a monarch, a government as three- fold:
The right to be consulted
The right to advise
The right to warn

5. Structure The English constitution is organized into two components:
the Dignified (that symbolic part)
the Efficient (the way things actually work and get done).

6. THE ITALIAN COSTITUTION

7. The Italian Costitution
1st step: Monarchy was abolished and the Constituent Assembly was elected by universal suffrage on 2 June 1946 (men and women could vote for the first time)
2nd step :The Italian Constitution was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947
3rd step : The Constitution came into force on 1 January 1948, one century after the Statuto Albertino was enacted
4th step: The Constitution forbade the male descendants of the royal family from entering the territory of the Republic (repealed in 2002)

8. Content of the Italian Constitution
The constitutional compromise:The three tendencies(solidaristic christian democratic, liberal and left-wing) that enlivened debate in the Assembly, wanted to to insert something reflecting their values in the Constitution.
EXAMPLES
1)marriage and the family solidaristic christian democratic
2) workers' rights communism and socialism
They reached an agreement on one point:
NO DICTATOR SHOULD HAVE TYRANNIZED ON THE COUNTRY

9. STRUCTURE The Constitution is composed of 139 articles
(four of which were later abrogated)
and arranged into three main parts 
Principi Fondamentali, or Fundamental Principles (articles 1–12)
Part I (articles 13–54) concerning
the Diritti e Doveri dei Cittadini, or Rights and Duties of Citizens
Part II (articles 55–139)
the Ordinamento della Repubblica, or Organisation of the Republic followed by 18 Disposizioni transitorie e finali, or Transitory and Final Provisions.

10. Articles 13–28
the Italian equivalent of a bill of rights in common law jurisdictions.
Power is divided among
the executive
the legislative and
judicial branches
The Constitution establishes the balancing and interaction of these branches, rather than their rigid separation

11. Bill of rights I part of italian costitution
Inviolability of personal freedom
Inviolability of domicile
Privacy right
Freedom travel or sojourn freely in any part of the national territory
Freedom of aggregation
Freedom of faith
Freedom of press and opinion
no one could be deprived of legal capacity, citizenship or name.
Freedom of protection of individual rights
Criminal responsibility is personal
The death penalty is not admitted.
Freedom from royal interference with the law.
Freedom from taxation by Royal Prerogative.
Freedom to petition the monarch.
Freedom from the standing army during a time of peace.
Freedom for Protestants to bear arms for their own defence
Freedom to elect members of parliament without interference from the sovereign.
Freedom of speech and debates;
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail.
Freedom from fine and forfeiture without a trial.