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Following
the
Scoppola
(
no
.
2
)
judgment[216
]
,
the
Constitutional
Court
went
a
step
further
.
In
its
exemplary
judgment
210/2013
,
while
dealing
with
the
“
younger
brothers
of
Scoppola
”
(
i
fratelli
minori
di
Scoppola
)
,
the
Consulta
referred
not
only
to
the
obligation
to
replace
the
penalty
of
the
defendant
Scoppola
,
but
also
to
the
implicit
obligation
to
put
an
end
to
the
structural
problem
of
the
domestic
legal
framework
which
had
led
to
the
Convention
violation
and
to
remove
its
effects
with
regard
to
all
prisoners
in
the
same
situation
.
This
was
the
perfect
occasion
for
the
judges
of
the
Palazzo
della
Consulta
to
fully
acknowledge
the
erga
omnes
effect
of
the
Court
’s
judgments
.
They
lived
up
to
the
expectations
,
underscoring
the
existence
of
such
effect
even
when
the
Court
does
not
use
the
mechanism
of
the
pilot
judgment
or
impose
the
adoption
of
general
measures[217
]
.
The
legal
effect
of
a
final
judgment
of
the
Court
,
whatever
its
subject
or
form
,
is
binding
for
every
Contracting
Party
.
In
an
excellent
display
of
this
principle
,
the
Constitutional
Court
affirmed
unequivocally
that
the
erga
omnes
effect
of
the
Court
’s
judgments
also
encompassed
the
judgments
of
the
Court
delivered
against
other
Contracting
Parties[218
]
.
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