This contribution emerges within the framework of the “America 2026” project, which afforded the author the opportunity to undertake an entirely novel research endeavor focused on one of the pivotal revolutions of modernity: the American Revolution.This article seeks to undertake a hermeneutic investigation, grounded in legal philosophy, into the relationship between law, liberty and justice within the revolutionary context that led to the foundation of the United States of America. It begins by developing a conceptual framework in which revolution is understood as a historically situated form of rebellion, resulting in an interpretation of the American revolutionary movement as an assertion and recognition of universal juridical principles – namely, liberty, justice, and equality. Subsequently, through a textual analysis of the Declaration of Independence and a review of the reception of the American Revolution within Italian legal-historical discourse, the study highlights the interdependence of juridical and historical knowledge.A brief section in Italian has been deliberately included with the aim of fostering a deeper integration between legal, philosophical, and historical approaches to the topic under consideration. More specifically, this insertion seeks to offer an interpretive framework for the concept of revolution and, in particular, for the reception of the American Revolution within the Italian social and intellectual context, with the ultimate aim of enriching the overall theoretical perspective advanced in this study.This interdisciplinary approach aims to contribute to jurisprudential scholarship by emphasizing the importance of historical-contextual understanding in the interpretation of foundational legal-political phenomena.
Marialuisa Innocenzi (Wed,) studied this question.