Affiliation: | * The author wishes to express his gratitude to Norberto Bobbio for his substantial written comment on this essay and to Antonio Cassese for his encouragement to write the piece. The author also thanks Luca Baccelli, Furio Cerutti, Lettxia Glanformaggio. Maria Chiara Plevatolo, Emilio Santoro and Francesco Vertova for their useful critical comments as well as Agostino Carrino for his help in Indicating several bibliographical sources. |