After the examination of the preliminary elements, suitable for a possible discernment of an "Economic
Constitution" in the Italian context, and after the previous assessment of both the lack of indicative
abstract definition formulas and the absence of impact of the popular will - also dependent on the
prohibition of an imperative electoral mandate - it was concluded - with the concrete determination of
the more general economic structures of the country - that there is dependence on the sole will of the
hegemonic parties, as implemented in the constitutional provisions and ordinary legislation.
Therefore, we shall now examine, on the historical constitutional and political-philosophical level, the
inspiring principles of the Italian Christian Democratic Party (for several decades, the country's
parliamentary relative majority formation), with particular attention to its economic conceptions. With
regard to the latter, we shall make particular reference to the thought of Jacques Maritain, whose
theories have certainly constituted some of the most influential elements, on the doctrines professed by
the Christian Democratic leadership.
