Alessandro Volpi is a scholar working at the intersection of polit-ical and legal philosophy. He holds a PhD in Legal Studies from the University of Salerno, with a dissertation on Ernesto Laclau’s thought in relation to the modern politico-legal tradition. He continued his research with a fellowship at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples and as a visiting scholar at the University of Lucerne (Switzerland) and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg (Germany). His recent work focuses on the relationship between populism and constitutionalism.