L'accesso diretto alla giustizia costituzionale nella dinamica dei conflitti tra giurisdizioni nazionali e corti sovranazionali
In Italy, breaches of constitutional rights cannot be brought before the Constitutional Court via individual constitutional complaints. Conversely, constitutional complaints play a key
role in Austria and Germany. Against this backdrop, the article examines how constitutional complaints can operate as a useful tool to foster a sound integration of national constitutional
courts in in the European system of protection of fundamental rights. Then, the article analyses the Italian experience, focusing on the efforts of the Constitutional Court to play a more