10.25247/2764-8907.2022.v1n1.p27-50

Sustainable development is a global, multifaceted and polymorphic concept which was born in an environmental context but nowadays seems to be essential and critical in fields that go far beyond the environment. On the other hand, the environment is a more ancient notion and its protection seems to require a correct application of sustainable development. This study intends to analyze the relationship between sustainable development and environment in the Italian legal system. The complexity of this analysis is increased by the fact that at national level (but also at the international one at least with regard to sustainable development) the two notions are difficult to define and, even if deeply investigated, they are not fully determined and clear