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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Portuguese Constitutional Court [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Portuguese Constitutional ...
Constitutional Court, Portuguese
core   +1 more source

(Re)inventing Genocide: Legal and Political Implications of the “Genocide of Soviet People” in (Post‐)Soviet Russia

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the emergence and instrumentalization of the concept of the “genocide of the Soviet people” in both Soviet and post‐Soviet contexts, tracing its historical evolution and contemporary use in chronological perspective.
Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Irina Rebrova
wiley   +1 more source

European Society at the Italian Constitutional Court

open access: yes
In its recent judgment No. 63/2026, the Italian Constitutional Court acknowledged the existence of a European society grounded on the values in Article 2 TEU. The judgment appears to be the first explicit reference by a constitutional court of an EU Member State to the emergence of a European society.
openaire   +2 more sources

The “Communal College:” Cross‐Ethnic Voting Rules and Census Requirements for Dyadic Consociational Democracies

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral systems in deeply divided societies are pivotal for peace and stability among ethno‐national groups. Consociationalism and centripetalism are the most widespread approaches from which derive the major incentives for electoral systems in deeply divided, dyadic societies.
Ivan Pepić
wiley   +1 more source

Dealing With Conflicts in Medical Decisions: Epistemic Reasonable Disagreement Between Parents and Medical Staff

open access: yesBioethics, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 878-885, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Many controversies in medical ethics, particularly those involving conflicts between parents and medical staff over decisions about child patients, are challenging to manage without causing significant polarization and communication issues. This is primarily because the parties involved—parents and physicians—operate at different epistemic ...
Chiara Innorta
wiley   +1 more source

Constitutional court of Italy (La Corte Costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana)

open access: yes, 2017
The entry on the Constitutional Court of Italy (La Corte Costituzionale Della Repubblica Italiana) is structured as follows: A. Historical Background B. Composition C. Jurisdiction 1. Constitutional Review (a) Justiciable Acts (b) The
Frosini Justin O   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Not‐so‐great expectations: Outgroup indifference facilitates conflict resolution in negatively interdependent contexts

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract We examined how responses to outgroup indifference in conflict are shaped by the perceived nature of interdependence, which changes expectations of outgroup emotions toward the ingroup. Unlike conflicts perceived as positively interdependent, we hypothesized that in conflicts perceived as negatively interdependent, outgroup indifference would ...
Smadar Cohen‐Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The problem of medically assisted suicide in Italy in the years 2024-2025

open access: yesFides et Ratio
The main purpose of the article is to present an ethical and legal analysis of the dispute over medically assisted suicide in Italy. In early July 2025, a bill was submitted to the country’s Parliament to regulate the termination of life on request.
Andrzej Kobyliński
doaj   +1 more source

Secession referenda and the perception of judicial objectivity in Britain, Italy and Spain

open access: yesGlobal Constitutionalism
This article analyses how courts can preserve legitimacy and institutional stability when called upon to intervene in consultative referenda on secession.
Vito Breda
doaj   +1 more source

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