ABSTRACT
A constitution is the fundamental law of a State. It is the set of legal rules upon which all other legal rules are ultimately based and from which they draw their validity. The Italian Constitution of 1948 consists of two parts, preceded by a section on fundamental principles. The two parts are concerned with the rights and duties of citizens and the structure of the republic respectively. The first part is concerned with the civil, political, economic and social rights of citizens, while the second part concerns the mechanisms by which the State creates laws, governs the country, provides for resolution of disputes and polices the Constitution itself. Part I of the Constitution deals with the rights and duties of citizens and is it divided into four titles, dealing respectively with civil relations, ethical-social relations, economic relations and political relations.
