The ecological problem has a global dimension. In a radically interconnected world, the ecological issue is closely related to state sovereignty and inequality. Humanity is no longer menaced by an untamed nature, and nowadays danger comes from the same power achieved to dominate nature. This paper reflects on the relationship…
Palantir is a software program capable of effectively interfacing with big data spread throughout the digital fabric of computer networks and, above all, reconstructing the logical meaning of the relationship between metadata and the connections between various pieces of information stored in memories distributed across different servers. It is capable…
This article examines the persistent gender gap within Italian academic institutions as a structural phenomenon, challenging the rhetoric of neutrality that characterizes university norms, procedures, and organizational practices. Drawing on jurisprudential and legal-philosophical scholarship addressing gender issues, the contribution critically interrogates the principle of equality in its predominantly formal understanding,…
This essay aims at verifying the existence of a line of continuity between the artistic genre of the danse macabre and the legal implications of death in the historical evolution of the relationship between law and religion. Although the institution originated in medieval Europe and bears some similarities to rituals in different…
In today’s hyperconnected society, internet has profoundly transformed social interaction, identity formation, and public discourse. This paper examines the dual nature of digital networks: as spaces of emancipation and empowerment, but also as enablers of pathological and criminal phenomena. Particular attention is paid to social withdrawal (hikikomori) and online hate…
This article addresses compliance within the European regulatory framework, arguing for the need to move beyond traditional ontological models toward epistemological approaches to compliance-based analysis: what has been termed as a sematic turn. Static representations of legal norms are increasingly inadequate to capture the complexity of technologically mediated regulatory environments…
This article examines gamification as a normative technology that utilizes incentives to reconfigure metrics and reputations within non-game contexts. Starting from a revival of the magic circle theory, the contribution first reconsiders the liminal nature of play and subsequently investigates the intersections and links between gamification, nudging, and forms of…
