Starting from an examination of the political-theological meanings of Ravenna mosaics, in the light of that fruitful liaison between faith and art that embellishes the texture of some significant magisterial pronouncements, this contribution will first examine art. 6 of the Urbani Code, highlighting how the use of modern digital tools…
The focus of religious legal systems has traditionally been on human beings because they are endowed with a conscience, or a ‘soul,’ and are thus considered the recipients of the divine word. What then is the role of animals in religious law? State law has recently become aware of the…
Since the beginning of its history, Mesopotamia has been a multilingual (bilingual from a literary point of view) and multicultural land. Despite its long life as well as the several linguistic and cultural differences swarming inside it, the Mesopotamian civilization was made homogeneous by the persistence of its writing system…
The paper illustrates the relationship between fake news, critical thinking and digital literacy and offers some reflections on the illusory effect of truth generated by misinformation in today’s digital platform society. In the second part, the contribution identifies technological solutions to address digital and functional illiteracy through a new civic…
The contribution refers to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict originating from the aggression of Moscow in Kiev on February 24, 2022 to analyze, on the one hand, the Russian autocratic involution over the two decades led by Putin, and on the other hand, the genesis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from…
Music is a powerful ‘symbolon’ that unites people. It is also a vehicle for the transmission of religious cultures and traditions. Among the arts music, more than other creative forms, allows people to express their religiosity. It is the ultimate instrument for connecting with God, for manifesting one’s religious belonging,…
The essay addresses the issue of trust across the spectrum, as it were, of a recent book focusing on the role of trust in public life and, allegedly, within the legal experience. Using ‘trust’ as a sort of keyhole through which to take an oblique look at legal experience and…
This essay addresses the ways it is still possible to think about the possibility of the social order, both in light of the nation state’s crisis and the effects of global migrations. The first part is focused on a preliminary examination of the complex and thorny definition of culture. Subsequently,…
Within Italian criminal law, the category of motive entitled motivi futili, or futile motives, is used as an evaluation standard in determining an increase in the severity of a penalty for a crime committed, not unlike the designation ‘aggravated’ in common law systems. An application of the penalty means that…
The paper is aimed at outlining some trends in the legal enforcement of the right to access to essential goods in sub-Saharan Africa, through the analysis of some judicial decisions issued during the early stage of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The analysis is framed within the assessment of some general evolutions…
