This article approaches dying, rather than death alone, as a problem of intercultural legal translation. Drawing on Mario Ricca’s paradigm and his critique of semantic objectivism, it reconstructs eubiosia as a normative ecology of dying: neither a substantive conception of the ‘good death’ nor a new subjective right, but a…
Recent developments in the Paragon case have reignited public attention on the use of particularly complex investigative tools, whose intrusive nature carries a significant risk of abuse by authorities, which could undermine the fundamental values of a democratic society. What makes this case unique is that the Graphite spyware appears…
This essay examines the relationship between gender discrimination and institutions, acknowledging the inherent duality of the latter: for a very long time institutions and the law produced and legitimised the exclusion of women, and only later, mainly from the second half of the twentieth century onwards, did they become vehicles…
The paper analyzes the evolution of the notary function in the era of digitalization and artificial intelligence, highlighting how technological innovation transforms operational tools without altering the nature of the notary’s public function. AI is considered a support for preparatory and organizational activities, but it cannot replace human judgment in…
Taking Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas as its starting point, this contribution reflects on the relationship between law, technological development and education in the age of artificial intelligence. It connects the encyclical’s social and political concerns with questions of power concentration, democratic control, war, environmental responsibility and the effective…
Drawing on the European Court of Human Rights judgment in H.D. v. Italy (April 9, 2026), this article analyzes the gradual erosion of the protections afforded to migrants—and in particular to unaccompanied foreign minors—under Italian law. Recent security regulations and the implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum,…
This article examines how the ongoing digitalisation of the human experience has also had a significant impact on the concept of death, bringing about a profound transformation in the ways in which memory is preserved, the processes of mourning, and the ways in which individuals continue to exist in the…
This paper examines K.G.M. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. and YouTube LLC as a point of emergence of a conceptual transformation in the liability of social media platforms. The psychological risk associated with social networks is not traced solely to exposure to harmful content or to pathological patterns of use, but rather to…
On 19 November 2025, the European Commission presented the Digital Omnibus package, a sweeping legislative initiative that includes targeted amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation EU 2024/1689). The central proposal is the postponement of the compliance obligations applicable to high-risk AI systems — originally due to enter into…
The diagnosis concerning the end of a “régime de Chrétienté” seems today to enjoy broad consensus within the Magisterium, from the French episcopate to the highest levels of the universal Church. The present contribution traces, through a number of key expressions, the historical and theological genealogy of this consensus. Starting…
