La riflessione sui “diritti di libertà” tra Ruffini e Calamandrei

rough the writings of Francesco Ruffini and Piero Calamandrei, the essay examines the evolution of the rights of liberty in the constitutional process of the Twentieth century, which saw the traditional political freedoms consecrated in the French declaration of 1789 being flanked by a new category of citizens' rights, called 'social rights', aimed at guaranteeing everyone a minimum of economic well-being, indispensable for freeing the poor from the slavery of need and putting them in a position to make use of those political freedoms that are proclaimed in law as equal for all.