Category: Intercultural Law

Traduzione interlegale vs. traduzione giuridico-interculturale. La recezione in Italia delle successioni islamiche tra regole e situazioni normative.

This article examines how Islamic rules of succession may be accommodated within the Italian legal system through the lens of intercultural legal translation. It proceeds from the premise that legal rules are grounded in specific understandings of family structure, property, and solidarity obligations, which do not necessarily coincide across legal…

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La traduzione interculturale dell’invisibile/Al-Ghayb. Un ‘farmaco semiotico’ per le sincopi giuridico-comunicative tra individui di differente cultura.

This article illustrates the methodology of intercultural translation and its applications, focusing the analysis on the category of ‘invisibility.’ This category is examined both from the perspective of its epistemological scope and in terms of its anthropological and cultural significance, particularly within the Islamic tradition, where it is labeled as Al-Gahyb. The…

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Il concetto di asilo tra storia, diritto e attualità giuridica

This paper focuses on the historical evolution of the concept of asylum through the analysis of a selected set of data collected in two national databases: DoGi – Dottrina Giuridica (Legal Doctrine) and IS-LeGI – Indice Semantico del Lessico Giuridico Italiano (Semantic Index of the Italian Legal Lexicon). Both services…

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Artificial Turn. Migrations and Asylum at the Encounter with Safe Countries of Origin in The Ontologies of Borders and the Epistemologies of Control.

This article explores the Artificial Turn in European migration governance, where artificial intelligence, digital infrastructures, and dual-use technologies redefine the legal and epistemic boundaries of asylum and border control. Drawing on the aftermath of the 2015 migration crisis and the 2024 New Pact on Migration and Asylum, it examines how algorithmic systems…

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“A los occidentales solo les importa lo que ven”. Percorsi e pratiche di traduzione dell’invisibile fra lavoro, diritto e temporalità nella Córdoba “migrante”.

This paper explores the dynamics of labour law and the subjective experiences of migrants, particularly young Muslims in Córdoba, through the lens of intercultural translation. The research straddles the boundary between law, anthropology and semiotics, deconstructing the dominant rhetoric of integration and employability to reveal how they function as symbolic…

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La filosofia della ‘navigazione rischiosa’. Filosofia, diritto, intercultura.

The philosophy of intercultural law presents itself as a necessary instrument of enquiry that enables the jurist to navigate the open sea of law and life. The proposed contribution aims at focusing on the relationship extant between philosophy, law and interculture, emphasising some philosophical-legal issues and dimensions such as translation,…

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I matrimoni non-eterosessuali e i ‘registri’ della coscienza. Verità vs. dignità e libertà.

Conscientious objection claims have a long and varied history, spanning military service, abortion, euthanasia, contraception, vaccination, and more. Religious belief is frequently called into play as the motivation behind the objection. This essay focuses on the religiously grounded objections made by public officials tasked with registering same-sex marriages (or unions)…

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Non-heterosexual marriages and the ‘registers’ of conscience.Pitting truth and dignity against freedom.

Conscientious objection claims have a long and varied history, spanning military service, abortion, euthanasia, contraception, vaccination, and more. Religious belief is frequently called into play as the motivation behind the objection. This essay focuses on the religiously grounded objections made by public officials tasked with registering same-sex marriages (or unions)…

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Il soprannaturale dei luoghi come orizzonte accomunante della ‘civiltà mediterranea’. Una prospettiva antropologico-filosofica e antropologico-giuridica a partire da Simone Weil.

The paper draws inspiration from an insight by Simone Weil, based on a reflection on the crusade against the Cathars between the 11th and 13th centuries. According to the philosopher, this historical event constitutes a little-studied but decisive watershed between opposing conceptions of man, society, and law, which resolve themselves…

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