Abstract

The ICT revolution deeply modified the way constitutional courts communicate, including: the instruments (starting from the prevailing use of social media); the content (which has expanded to extra-judicial activities, especially pedagogical ones); the protagonists (with a trend towards an increasing professionalisation of the activity); the addressees (which are not limited to journalists or legal experts, but which also comprise the general public). These are de facto developments which mostly occurred without the approval of any regulation and which generally have not been studied by legal scholars. Through an empirical research based on questionnaires and on the exam of websites and social media accounts of constitutional (or supreme) courts in 25 countries, the article aims to offer an overview of ongoing trends, ultimately arguing in favor for courts to regulate this activity.