| La prima riforma della Costituzione svizzera del 2000: l’abrogazione dell’articolo sulle diocesi |
| Fascicolo 2001-3 |
| Scritto da Olivetti Marco |
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Sommario 1. L’evoluzione della disciplina costituzionale del fenomeno religioso in Svizzera. – 2. Il dibattito sull’abrogazione dell’articolo sulle diocesi. – 3. L’abrogazione dell’articolo sulle diocesi tra la revisione totale del 1999 e la prima revisione parziale della nuova Costituzione.
Abstract The article deals with the first constitutional amendment of the new Swuiss Constitution. The constitutional referendum bold on june 10, 2001, cancelled from the Constitution the third paragraph of article 72, requiring the approval of the federal government for the institution of new dioceses. The so called «article on the dioceses» was the last example of the «confessional rules», which were a distinctive feature of the Swiss Constitution of 1874 (which had been adopted during a tough battle between conservative catholics and liberal protestants) and had surprisingly survived the so-called total-amendment process which lead to the new Constitution of 2000. The arguments in favour and against the cancellation of the «article on the dioceses» are examined and it is noted that the tradition of frequent constitutional changes is going to continue in Switzerland also after the adoption of the new Constitution. |