THE INTERVIEW
Today at the Biennale Democrazia in Turin – The Constitutionalist reflects on freedom, the theme of this issue, from war to civil rights: “It reminds me of the fable of Phaedrus, from the frog that envious of the oxen swells to excess then explodes. Here the lawyers swell who believe that Russian aggression can be countered with judicial measures.”
March 22, 2023
The entrance test for this interview, which has freedom as its theme (the theme of the Democracy Biennial that opens in Turin today), is Dantesque. “He seeks freedom, which is so dear, as knows who denies her life.” Who says these words to whom? Virgil to Cato (but which Cato? The censor […]