Prison is an institution fashioned by male characteristics and needs, in which women are a minority, sharply separated by gender. The perspective of female difference allows us to grasp certain aspects of incarceration practices, such as the construction of female subjectivity—incompetent rather than guilty—and its identification with motherhood. The approach…
The advanced globalization of contemporary societies, accompanied by unprecedented global migration dynamics, heightens the need to clarify the legal framework for migrants’ access to essential state services, including healthcare. Despite being a fundamental right, migrants’ right to healthcare faces several obstacles, such as a lack of clear information and cultural…
The right to voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP) is undergoing increasing erosion on a global scale, not so much through explicit repeals as through regulatory restrictions and legal interpretations that limit effective access. This trend reflects growing political and cultural control over women’s bodies and a crisis of the rule…
The experience of faith lived online represents an alternative to traditional paths of religious freedom. In some cases, digital technology becomes an intermediary between the faithful and the transcendent; in others, the web embodies the “divine”, that is, the interlocutor or an interface for dialogue where the religious experience of…
This paper investigates the concept of sustainability through the metaphor of the threshold, reframing the temporal relationship between present and future. Moving beyond the dominant logic in which present determines future possibilities, the analysis proposes a reversal: the future, in its indeterminacy, shapes the present. By engaging with key philosophical…
The paper analyzes the doctrinal debate on judgment no. 110 issued by the Italian Constitutional Court in 2023. After providing a general overview of the subject, the author focuses on the three main aspects of the judgment, identified as such by the specialized literature.
Over the years, information requirements have taken on an increasingly important role in the process of establishing contractual obligations. This stems from their strategic position: information is, in fact, the mandatory (and necessary) link between a “contact” and any subsequent “contract.” Consumer protection legislation already pays particular attention to the…
In a cashless society, social inclusion goes hand in hand with financial inclusion. For this reason, in recent years, bank accounts, as basic contracts, have become an essential support for migrants in accessing fundamental rights such as housing and employment. However, despite European and national policies expressly guaranteeing this service to everyone,…
Italian Statutory Law No. 219 of 2017 opened up a new legal frontier in the healthcare sector. By reinterpreting the doctor-patient relationship in a liberal key, it established the principle of therapeutic self-determination. The positive aspects of this statutory law, which places the protection of human dignity at the center…
This paper focuses on the possibility of imagining jurisdictional remedies to state refusal to conclude into agreements (intese) with individual religious denominations. To this end, the configurability of ‘intese’ as an instrument for the implementation/protection of religious freedom is examined. Relying on this analysis, the essay assesses the conditions for…
