Neutrality and Constitutional Law

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the presence of the concept of neutrality in constitutional law. To this end, several application have been chosen to verify, in linguistic terms, connections and intersection between a broad Constitution Theory and neutrality: international law, democracy, separation of powers, the economic Constitution, administrations independent or religious freedom. The reason for making this preliminary examination is that neutrality is currently a controversial notion that has reappeared in the context of populism and the deep politicization of public and private life: with this, it seeks to give constitutional meaning to a term, that allows resolving controversies in which the fundamental rights of citizens are involved.