nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190926-232729-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190926s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190926-232729-0 doi eng 342 23 Faraguna, Pietro Author aut “Constitutional Paternalism” and the Inability to Legislate The Italian Constitutional Court’s Decision on Assisted Suicide Faraguna, Pietro Verfassungsblog 2019-09-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 25 September 2019, the Italian Constitutional Court (ICC) has made clear that assisted suicide is not punishable under specific conditions. The judgment came one year after the ICC had ordered the Italian Parliament to legislate on the matter – which it did not do. The entire story is indicative of the inability of Parliaments to respond to social demands as well as the current trend of high courts to act as shepherds of parliaments rather than as guardians of the constitution. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Law Parliamentary Sovereignty separation of powers Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-paternalism-and-the-inability-to-legislate/ raw object