Public Law Quarterly Review

The Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico (in English, Public Law Quarterly Review) was founded in 1951 and has since been the main scientific point of reference for Italian constitutional and administrative law scholars. Over the years it has been directed by the most renowned Italian public law scholars of the twentieth century: Guido Zanobini since  foundation through 1965, Massimo Severo Giannini from 1965 to 2000, Sabino Cassese from 2000 to date.

The Review’s principal focus is on publishing salient and original essays in public and administrative law, written by leading academics as well as promising young scholars. In addition to essays, the journal features short articles, legal news, book reviews, bibliographic profiles and information. The Review also publishes yearly reports, on EU law and on Italian constitutional and administrative law – which provide a brief overview of the main tendencies and events occurring in the field during the year under examination -, reviews of documents and parliamentary inquiries, and commentaries of the main constitutional and administrative law books. The Review requires authors to commit to not publish elsewhere the works that it accepts for publication. The approval of articles follows a rigorous and highly selective process of peer review.

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no. 4 - 2022 October / December

DIGITAL REGULATION IN THE EU

Giorgio Resta, Bruno Carotti, Gianluca Sgueo, Andrea Simoncini, Oreste Pollicino, Mario Libertini, Giusella Finocchiaro and Luisa Torchia discuss the most significant issues pertaining to digital regulation in the European Union. Giorgio Resta examines the public and private regulation of data in the European system. Bruno Carotti describes the European policies on the digital transition. Andrea

Superintendencies for archaeology, fine arts and landscape

The purpose of the article is to analyse the role of the superintendencies for archaeology, fine arts and landscape within the State’s administrative apparatus overseeing cultural heritage. The historical evolution of this administrative body shows that, while several models and formulas concerning especially its organization at the peripherical level have been adopted and, sometimes, repeated

The State under discussion

The essay examines the evolution of the concept of «State», all too often used as a synonym for general political power. First, the State does not have a single origin. The traditional tensions between a centre and a periphery, which were once dominant, are now flanked, in the current «archipelago State», by new tensions deriving

Editorial Board

The Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico (in English, Public Law Quarterly Review) was founded in 1951 and has since been the main scientific point of reference for Italian constitutional and administrative law scholars.

Editorial Director:
Sabino Cassese
Scientific Advisory Board:
Jean-Bernard Auby
Francesca Bignami
Armin von Bogdandy
Mark Thatcher
Joseph H.H. Weiler
Editorial Vice-Director:
Bernardo Giorgio Mattarella
Board of Editors:
Stefano Battini
Lorenzo Casini
Marco D’Alberti
Elisa D’Alterio
Giulio Napolitano
Aldo Sandulli
Luisa Torchia
Giulio Vesperini
Managing Editor:
Giorgio Mocavini
Web Editors:
Bruno Carotti
Patrizio Rubechini