La construcción de la autoridad judicial: una comparación entre el Tribunal Constitucional italiano y el Tribunal Constitucional Federal alemán

espanolEste articulo examina los fundamentos de la autoridad de la Corte Constitucional italiana comparandola con la del Tribunal Constitucional Federal aleman. En comparacion con el Tribunal aleman, la Corte italiana ha construido su autoridad sobre una base particularmente debil. Sin embargo, ha tenido exito en desarrollar una dinamica de “poder en la debilidad”, que explica importantes caracteristicas de la Corte Constitucional italiana: su relacion excepcionalmente cooperativa con los tribunales ordinarios, su estilo conciso de razonamiento, su deliberado bajo perfil frente a la opinion publica, su interaccion activista con el legislador y su dialogo tactico con el Tribunal de Justicia de la Union Europea. EnglishThis paper examines the foundations of the Italian Constitutional Court’s authority by comparing it with that of the German Federal Constitutional Court. In comparison to the German Court, the Italian Court had to build its authority on a particularly weak legal basis. However, it succeeded in developing a dynamic of “power in weakness” which explains important features of the Italian Court: its exceptionally cooperative relationship with the ordinary courts, its terse style of reasoning, its deliberate low profile in public opinion, its activist interaction with the legislature, and its tactical dialogue with the Court of Justice of the European Union.