European cohesion principle and the institutionaland economic development of an insular region:the case of Sicily1

This paper is a tribute dedicated to the memory of Alessandro Argiroffi, professor of philosophy of law andhuman rights, colleague of the University of Palermo. It was presented at the Local Economic DevelopmentProgram at the London School of Economics and Political Science - New Academic Building - London March 7,2015 for the first time, and than in Bilbao, at the Conference “Significado y funcíon de las regiones conautogobierno y parlamentos legislativos en la construccion de la Europa política” organized by Universidad delPaís Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, October 10‐11, 2017