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5 IJPL 190 (2015)
Interactions between National and Supranational Levels of Jurisdiction The Hedgehog Dilemma

handle is hein.journals/injprocdul5 and id is 190 raw text is: DOCTRINE / STUDIES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL LEVELS OF JURISDICTION The Hedgehog Dilemma SABINO CASSESE* Abstract Constitutional courts no longer have the final say, but engage in dialogue with lower and superior courts. They review legislation, but are held in check by other judges. Constitutional courts are neither a bulwark nor an instrument of State sovereignty. They belong to a choir of courts, all committed to the same task of protecting citizens' rights. National legal systems are opening themselves up to supranational law. The latter features courts that often decide differently from national supreme courts. These, in turn, are required to consider the decisions issued by, and engage in dialogue with, courts beyond the State. In addition, supranational law's infiltration into national legal systems authorises lower national judges to pronounce upon the constitutionality of legislation. Les cours constitutionnelles n'ont plus le dernier mot; au contraire, elles dialoguent avec les cours infirieures et supirieures. Elles examinent les lois, mais sont elles-mimes contr6lies par d'autres juges. Les cours constitutionnelles ne sont ni un rempart ni un instrument de l'Etat souverain. Elles appartiennent a une o chorale > de tribunaux, tous didiis/divouds a la mime tdche deprotiger les droits des citoyens. Les ordresjuridiques nationaux s'ouvrent de plus en plus au droit supranational. Les cours relevant de celui-ci rendent souvent des dicisions qui sont contraires a celles des cours suprdmes nationales. Celles-ci, a leur tour, sont tenues de considirer les dicisions rendues par les cours supranationales et de dialoguer avec elles. En outre, o les infiltrations > du Justice Emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court and Emeritus professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, he has received a doctor honoris causa degree from seven Universities: Aix-en- Provence (1987), C6rdoba (1995), Paris 11 (1998), Castilla-La Mancha (2002), Athens (2002) and Macerata (2002), European University Institute (2010). Among his recent publications: When legal orders collide: the Role of Courts (2010, Global Law Press); L'Italia una societh senza Stato (2011, Il Mulino); The Global Polity - Global Dimensions of Democracy and the Rule of Law (2012, Global Law Press, Editorial Derecho Global); Chi governa il mondo? (2013, Il Mulino); Governare gli italiani. Storia dello Stato (2014, 11 Mulino). E-mail:s.cassese@cortecostituzionale.it. Intersentia 190

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