Articles
Je suis Achbita
The article critically explores the Achbita case, decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union in March 2017. The decision, which raises extremely complex legal issues, was handed down at a particularly delicate historical moment of Europe’s political and social life, in which the Court of Justice itself is playing a decisive role
U.S. Rulemaking: Recent Reforms and Future Prospects
The article analyses some of the recent reforms to the organization of the U.S. federal administration and its rulemaking process. The reforms aim at resolving two fundamental issues: the negative impact that administrative rules may have on economic activities, and the lack of accountability that, according to the advocates of these reforms, characterizes most federal agencies. To solve these issues,
National Administrative Judges and Supranational Judgments
The essay takes, as a starting point, Judgment n. 6/2018 of the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation’s approach in favour of a dynamic conception of jurisdiction in addressing the issues arising when judgments given by national administrative courts contrast with preceding or subsequent rulings of the European Court of Justice or of the European Court of
Review
2017 European Chronicles
The 2017 European Chronicles open with a brief summary of the major political, economic and institutional events of the year, such as the beginning of the Brexit procedure (the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union). The Chronicles then analyse the main developments of the European integration process, through the conclusions adopted by the meetings of the European