Issue no. 2 - 2017 April / June

Symposium


Administrative Law and global “Entanglement”

Stefano Battini, Marco Macchia and Maurizia De Bellis discuss the «Micula case», related to the revocation of a public subsidy, a revocation which was challenged by the beneficiaries of the subsidy itself — the Micula brothers — for alleged breach of the principle of legitimate expectation. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in

The administrative labyrinth between discretion and rules

Stefano Battini, Marco Macchia and Maurizia De Bellis discuss the «Micula case», related to the revocation of a public subsidy, a revocation which was challenged by the beneficiaries of the subsidy itself — the Micula brothers — for alleged breach of the principle of legitimate expectation. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in

Ultranational legal regimes and conflicts: the case of investment’s protection

Stefano Battini, Marco Macchia and Maurizia De Bellis discuss the «Micula case», related to the revocation of a public subsidy, a revocation which was challenged by the beneficiaries of the subsidy itself — the Micula brothers — for alleged breach of the principle of legitimate expectation. The scholars address the most significant issues raised in

Articles


The Regulation of Lobbying and Anticorruption Programs

The article analyses the evolution of lobbying regulations within the framework of anti-corruption policies adopted in several European countries, including, in particular, Italy. We are witnessing, in this context, increasing attention for the relationship between interests and administrative decision making, and therefore for «administrative lobbying». This phenomenon is affected by recent regulations aimed at strengthening

Public Perspectives on Credit Intermediation: from the National Dimension to Supranational Innovations

During the first half of the 20th century, the long-standing interaction between public and private forces in the economy prompted a theorization of the mechanisms surrounding the control over the banking sector under a public law perspective (Nigro); this approach was recently used to analyse some of the measures undertaken in the aftermath of the

Review


The Limits of Direct Democracy. The Popular Initiative in the Swiss and the US Experiences, with a View on Italy

Measures of direct democracy easures, specifically popular initiatives and referendums, are being increasingly used to address problematic and complex issues that affect citizenship rights, the status of minorities and the relationship with federal and/or international law. The first part of this study considers the Swiss legal system. It will trace the history of direct democracy

Book Review


GUIDO MELIS: Emilio Lussu et al. on Historical Italian Issues
VINCENZO OMAGGIO: Giorgio Pino on the Analytical Theory of Law
HILDE CAROLI CASAVOLA: Giovanni Tarli Barbieri and Francesca Biondi on The Financing of Politics
GIULIO NAPOLITANO: Mario P. Chiti and Vittorio Santoro on the European Banking Union
GUIDO CORSO; BIAGIO SPAMPINATO: Giulia Mannucci on the Protection of Third Parties in Administrative Law
GIORGIO MOCAVINI: Jedidiah J. Kroncke on The Futility of Law and Develop- ment. China and the Dangers of Exporting American Law
Brief reviews by Luca De Lucia, Rita Perez, Maria Chiara Romano, Giacomo Rugge, Giulio Vesperini

News and Recent Events


The Constitution as the Foundation of and Limit upon Modern Public Administration (Alessandra Salvato)
«Travel» in Administrative Law: a Cycle of Meetings at the University of Milan «Bicocca» (Monica Delsignore)
New Prospects for the Criminal Protection of Cultural Heritage (Felicia Caponigri and Anna Pirri)
A Conference on «Banks and Europe» (Claudia Figliolia)
A Conference on the Consolidated Law on Public Participation Companies (Giuseppe Andrea Primerano)
A Conference on the Immunity of States from Jurisdiction (Giovanni Boggero)