The essay addresses the complex relationship between freedom of conscience and juridical oaths in a European legal space that is increasingly diversified in the religious and cultural fields. It focuses, in particular, on two distinct problems: the religiosity of the oath form and the structure of the oath, examining them both in relation…
The text examines the long-standing issue of the poor readability of Italian legal and administrative texts, which hinders comprehension, especially for immigrants and those without legal expertise. Despite various attempts since the 1980s, the situation remains critical and generates inequalities. The PRIN project Migrants, Institutions, Translations, Easy-to-read Law (2022) aims…
Today, surveillance perpetrated by a few invisible entities on a large number of citizens is a widespread practice. However, in the field of surveillance studies, this situation is perceived as a threat to the smooth functioning of democratic regimes. Through this paper, three paradigmatic figures of rings capable of granting invisibility will…
Is there a link between the Sabbath, inaction, and translation? And, again, between the Sabbath and the rhythm of relations with Otherness? This short essay seeks to probe, from a semi-anthropological perspective, the ternary relationship between three cultural categories/archetypes: the ‘Sabbath,’ ‘Babel,’ and ‘Otherness,’ respectively. ‘Translation’ is treated as the…
This essay offers an interdisciplinary analysis that investigates the connections between religious freedom, the regulation of places of worship, migration phenomena also in relation to the experience of work, and the protection of fundamental personal rights. All of these are analyzed focusing on the processes of the construction of legal…
While foreign policy and international affairs are increasingly showing a new kind of worldwide tension, the legal reflections on concepts such as ‘just’ and ‘unjust’ wars seem to have attracted a deeper level of attention. The most common conclusion is that an accepted system of interstate regulation has failed to…
The Italian Constitution recognises every student’s equal enjoyment of religious holidays as a content of religious freedom, but the school calendar only respects the Catholic holidays. The suspension of teaching on public holidays of other religions is rare and linked to the autonomy of schools. On the other hand, the…
Though issues such as climate change, environmental protection and food security are often siloed in academic and political discussions, this essay moves from the premise that it is not meaningful to treat them as separate categories. Using the recently passed EU “Nature Restoration Law” as a springboard, the argument will…
As prompted by the UN sustainable development goals, and further boosted by the pandemic crisis, the progressive digitalization has been presented as an effective means to handle everyday complexities. The unstoppable cyber-oriented paradigm shift is facilitated by an increasingly web-literate society and it impacts on European institutions and religious communities…
Entrepreneurs of the Islamic faith seeking alternative financing options aligned with their beliefs can access new models in line with their ethical and religious objectives, as well as traditional financial instruments. This essay aims to investigate the use of waqf-based crowdfunding, illustrating how it is possible to finance business development…
