Un diritto per “smilitarizzare” le istituzioni nella prima Colonia Eritrea: i progetti giuridici (mancati) del consigliere Piccolo Cupani

Abstract

A legal framework for “demilitarizing” institutions in the first Eritrean Colony: the (unexecuted) legal drafts of counselor Piccolo Cupani

The research examines, through a historical-legal and historical-institutional methodology, the draft bills formulated by Vincenzo Piccolo Cupani to demilitarize the legal framework of the Eritrean Colony. Piccolo Cupani, a magistrate in the Kingdom of Italy, was appointed by Francesco Crispi, Prime Minister in 1890, colonial Counselor for Internal Affairs in the administration of the new colony. The resistance from military authorities, however, prevented these drafts from being enacted.