Financing Referendums Campaigns in Italy : How Abrogative Referendum Can regulate Electoral Financing

In the Italian political system, the referendum is an essential institution. It became an inescapable juridical institution following the promulgation of the Republican Constitution of 1948. Overall, as is usual in modern constitutions, the referendum is an instrument to modify the Constitution by enacting laws amending the Constitution and other constitutional laws. Nevertheless, the most important category of referendum in Italian political life is the abrogative referendum which is a legislative referendum.