The pandemic emergency has highlighted that, in certain contexts, science is a necessary interlocutor of politics, thus re-proposing and catalyzing the reflection on the relationship between political decision-maker and scientific expertise. In particular, the essay analyzes how the regulatory paradigm resulting from the interaction of the two factors during the pandemic is configured and legitimized, both with reference to its construction and in relation to judicial review, taking into account the theoretical perspective, as well as the impact of the evidence-based rule-making on the form of State and of government.
