The Case Law of the Italian Constitutional Court between Network Theory and Philosophy of Information

Over the past decade work on network analysis and the law has become increasingly popular among scholars. This research includes (not only but also) jurisprudence, legislation and how academic studies quote each other. Here, focus is on the case law of the Italian Constitutional Court and its own citation network. Sect. 2 explains how we built this latter network, so as to illustrate some of its most relevant properties. Sect. 3 deepens these results in terms of information. By distinguishing three levels of analysis, i.e. legal information "for" reality, "as" reality, and "about" reality, special attention is drawn to matters of knowledge and concepts that inform us about the dif- ferent states of the world and frame the representation and function of the legal system which is under scrutiny. The conclusions indicate the next steps of our research.