Il sistema politico italiano dall'Unità al 1922

This essay tries to present an overview on the political and constitutional framework of the interaction among various players. Designed on the model of French and partially British constitutionalism, the Italian system was linked to the considerable development of the public spirit and the progressive enlargement promoted by the new electoral laws. This ended in an increasing change of the classical mind linked to the British model for a new more German like model based on the pre-eminence of the executive power with all its connections with the Crown. The emergence of some form of mass party politics put the liberal tradition in crisis, what lead to the turmoil of post war period which under the shock of a P.R. electoral law made it difficult to be managed by the old notables. [Publisher's text]