Territorio dello stato : tre concetti

This paper starts out from a semantic question to investigate the relationship between the state and its territory: what is the meaning (denotatum, Bedeutung) of the phrase ‘state territory’? In order to answer the question, the author explores three concepts of territory: (i) territory as part of the state, (ii) territory as sphere of validity and (iii) territory as figmentum. ‘Figmentum’ is a neologism coined by the author to mean a figment, or entity produced by legal norms.