Issue no. 1 - 2016 January / March

Symposium


Hauriou, Duguit and the social function of public law

  Aldo Sandulli, Pascale Gonod, Fabrice Melleray and Bernardo Sordi discuss the book entitled «L’invention de l’État», written by Jean-Michel Blanquer and Marc Milet. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in this important work, with special regard to the studies of Maurice Hauriou and Léon Duguit.

Léon Duguit, Maurice Hauriou and the rise of the modern public law

  Aldo Sandulli, Pascale Gonod, Fabrice Melleray and Bernardo Sordi discuss the book entitled «L’invention de l’État», written by Jean-Michel Blanquer and Marc Milet. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in this important work, with special regard to the studies of Maurice Hauriou and Léon Duguit.    

Maurice Hauriou and Léon Duguit, or the discourses on French public law

  Aldo Sandulli, Pascale Gonod, Fabrice Melleray and Bernardo Sordi discuss the book entitled «L’invention de l’État», written by Jean-Michel Blanquer and Marc Milet. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in this important work, with special regard to the studies of Maurice Hauriou and Léon Duguit.  

Hauriou and Duguit: «deux duellistes en République »

  Aldo Sandulli, Pascale Gonod, Fabrice Melleray and Bernardo Sordi discuss the book entitled «L’invention de l’État», written by Jean-Michel Blanquer and Marc Milet. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in this important work, with special regard to the studies of Maurice Hauriou and Léon Duguit.

Articles


From Al Qaeda to IS: Has International Terrorism Become State?

This paper seeks to analyse the nature of the so-called Islamic State, a nature which is widely disputed. Is the Caliphate of al-Baghdadi merely the latest manifestation of jihadism, and thus to be regarded as a terrorist organisation — one which is even more sophisticated than any previous incarnation — or is it an actual

The Long March to a Global Climate Agreement: from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement

  The Paris Outcome, approved in Paris in December 2015 by the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, consists of two separate documents: an Agreement and a Decision. Together, they are the conclusion of negotiations developed over many years of «climate diplomacy». The Agreement, the only document binding upon the

Notes


Review of Independent Authorities: the Agcom Case

  This overview examines some changes review of the regulatory acts adopted by the Italian Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications (AGCOM). The contribution of European law to the delineation of the boundaries of judicial review, in both substantial and procedural terms, is very important. This path reveals certain general aspects, among which the main one

Review


Conflicts of Interests in Private and Public Law. A Survey.

  In open societies, the opportunities for conflicts of interests are widespread within both private and public law. The finance sector is emblematic in this respect. Law encounters some difficulty in providing adequate remedies for the problem, especially in areas such as finance, in which interests are particularly strong. Conflicts are often managed, but usually

The Institutionalization of Special Advisers in the United Kingdom’s Government

  The article analyses the institutionalization of the role of special advisers in the United Kingdom’s government. The paper draws a profile of the role of special advisers, dentifying their functions and relationships with other institutions such as the Prime Minister, ministers and civil servants. The article analyses the reasons for the increasing importance of

Book Review


Elisa D’Alterio, I controlli sull’uso delle risorse pubbliche, Milano, Giuffrè, 2015, XII-512 p., ISBN: 9788814203893 (Gaetano D’Auria)
Emanuele Felice, Ascesa e declino. Storia economica d’Italia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015, 385 p., ISBN: 9788815257857 (Guido Melis)
Matteo Gnes, I privilegi dello Stato debitore, Milano, Giuffrè, 2012, XI-325 p., ISBN: 9788814176450 (Gaetano D’Auria)
Silvia Bolgherini, Navigando a vista. Governi locali in Europa tra crisi e riforme, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015, 225 p., ISBN: 9788815258267 (Giulio Vesperini)
Federico Fabbrini, Ernst Hirsch Ballin e Han Somsen, What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?, Oxford and Portland, Hart Publishing, 2015, 311 p., ISBN: 9781849468107 (Stefano Battini)
Christos V. Gortsos, The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). Legal Aspects of the First Pillar of the European Banking Union, Athens, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2015, 393 p., ISBN: 9789605624217 (Rita Perez)
Maurice Adams, Henri de Waele, Johan Meeusen e Gert Straetmans, (a cura di), Judging Europe’s Judges. The Legitimacy of the Case Law of the European Court of Justice, Oxford e Portland, Oregon, Hart publishing, 2015, 261 p., ISBN: 9781899469708 (Edoardo Chiti)
Note bibliografiche a cura di Edoardo Chiti, Luca De Lucia, Rita Perez, Nicola Posteraro, Giuseppe Sciascia, Giulio Vesperini, Flavio Valerio Virzì

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