The reservation of the law on the protection of animals in the division of competences between State and Regions

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the constitutional and legislative implications disclosed by a provision of statutory reservation within the Fundamental Principles of the Constitution concerning the effects it has on the division of legislative powers between the State and the Regions in the field of animal protection. From this perspective, after examining the interpretation of the new Art. 9, c. 3 Const. provided by (also) constitutional jurisprudence, the paper will analyze the potential contrast between the law of the State on the «ways and forms of animal protection» and the safeguarding of the legislative powers of Regions with special statutes enshrined in Art. 3 of Constitutional Revision Law No. 1 of 2022