Articles
Judicial Monism and Dualism. History and Perspectives
Currently, in some legal systems, the distinction between public law and private law has changed with respect to the past. An important indicator of this phenomenon concerns, in particular, the evolution of judicial dualism, both in binary legal systems and in those systems of unitary law. The analysis shows how developments arising subsequently to the
Big Data and Public Administrations: New Perspectives for the Public Cognitive Function
The big data phenomenon, which originated in the private sector, is also progressively expanding to the public sector and public authorities. Big data are a set of data with specific characteristics that are changing the culture surrounding data, and the methods for and needs behind the collection, storage and processing of data, in particular of
«Datafication» and its Juridification
The paper starts with a presentation of the emergence of «axiological» peripheries (also) on the Internet, such as that of cloud computing. The paper, through an examination of specific areas of datafication and related rules and studies, then analyses the problems and possible solutions arising for legal systems, which are more suitable to a «connected»
Historical Studies
Massimo Severo Giannini on the Modern State: An Unpublished Conference of January 1954
In January 1954, Massimo Severo Giannini delivered a lecture on Reflections upon the modern State at the Centre for political and administrative education directed by Gino Giugni (among whose private papers, at the Pietro Nenni Foundation, the typescript was found). Starting from a historical- sociological critique of the recurrent notion of the «crisis of the
Research and teaching
Advice to Young Researchers
Young researchers at the beginning of their academic career have to overcome some challenges. They have to devote themselves to study without ignoring teaching as part of their academic duties. They should pay attention to the quality of their research, selecting carefully the subjects to study. They have to be effective and brilliant to the
Review
The Italian Anticorruption Authority’s Guidelines in the System of Law Sources
The article focuses on the regulatory activity of the Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) following the entry into force of the new Public Contracts Code, with particular reference to the guidelines established for the implementation of the Code and their placement within the system of sources. The article first questions the correctness of framing the guidelines
The «Term» of Administrative Procedure: Economic Analysis and Protection of Citizens
The institute of the term — from which results a temporal relation between private individuals and the public administration — can affect socio-economic relations when it subjects the administration to a predetermi- ned time limit (however fixed in its upper limit) that serves to give «temporal certainty» to the private parties that intend to begin