G.iurist, Italian academic, first woman in Italy to winand a chair of Constitutional Law in Italyat the University of Padua.
Farewell to Lorenza Carlassare, free and courageous jurist
Leave this world Lorenza Carlassare, “renowned jurist always in defense of the Charter and its fundamental principles” the secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta wrote on Twitter.
She died at the age of 91, this free and courageous woman, who it has always fought for civil and fully democratic coexistencefor the morality of the institutions, for their anti-fascist roots.
The constitutionalist against Renzi’s reform
In 2016, it made a commitment against the Renzi-Boschi constitutional revision proposal and for the No to the confirmatory referendum of 4 December. In 2020 you instead supported the Yes to the referendum on reducing the number of parliamentarians. In 2014 the 5 Star Movement he had proposed it for the presidency of the Republic.
The constitutionalist Lorenza Carlassare died in Padua, where she was born
The first chair of Constitutional Law to a woman
Carlassare, as mentioned, was the first woman to win a chair of Constitutional Law in Italy. But at the time a fascist law of 1919 prevented women from entering the judiciary as well as being able to perform managerial functions in the public administration. She then she started her career ten years later.
In addition to numerous scientific publications, his works include “Conversations on the Constitution “ (Cedam, 1996, 2011) and “Under the sign of the Constitution. Our card for the future“(Feltrinelli, 2012).
A life dedicated to teaching
Carlassare taught first at the University of Padua, then in Verona and then in Ferrara, to finally return to Padua, in whose Faculty of Law.
In 2008 he founded the School of Constitutional Culture of the University of Padua which he directed until 2019, aimed at high school teachers, PhD students, scholars, lawyers and open. But also a all citizens wishing to know the Constitution.
Lorenza Carlassare and “fundamental” feminism
To those who asked her if she had participated in the feminist struggles, she replied. “No, I have never felt different and separated from the males. I felt more common political battles. I believe that the feminist movement played a fundamental role. It helped to evolve the social conscience and to break that block of power ».
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