Potere costituente e costituzione nel XXI secolo. Alcune questioni aperte

Keywords Constitution Constituent power Democracy Rule of law Fundamental rights Abstract This work, starting from the recognition of the European context at the end of the Second World War, reconstructs the terms of the contemporary debate on the concept of constituent power, analyzing its evolution and open contradictions. Starting from that point of view, the influences of globalization processes on twentieth-century constitutions, key concepts of constitutionalism and democratic principles are also examined.