Il referendum abrogativo tra democrazia diretta e democrazia rappresentativa

Among the instruments of direct democracy under Italian Constitution, the abrogative referendum is without any doubts the more complex. In this frame, the essay has essentially two aims. The first one is, moving from traditional definition of abrogative referendum as an instrument of direct democracy, to investigate the consequences on the field of its relationship with representative principle. Then, as the said popular consultation concerns legislative acts, the analysis can become more specific, focusing the attention mainly on the connections with parliamenta 202 la democrazia diretta in italia, polonia e uery legislative function. The assumption on which the paper is based is that the study about the referendum juridical status must be purified from assiological implications that are normally connected to the idea of direct democracy.