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How Can Law Be Robust in the Face of Heightened Societal Turbulence?

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taking its cue from the growing frequency of disruptive crises, new research argues that crisis‐induced turbulence calls for robust governance based on adaptation and innovation. While law plays a key role in the effort of governments to govern robustly, the robustness of law has received scant regard.
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing, Peter Triantafillou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transparency or Access? E‐Procurement's Two Paths to Integrity: Evidence From Italy

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether e‐procurement adoption is associated with procedural competition and transparency, two core components of procurement integrity. Using award‐level microdata for Italian regional contracting authorities (2019–2023), we analyze a period preceding the legal obligation of full‐cycle digital procurement, when the use of ...
Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Anna Malandrino, Fabrizio Di Mascio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ambiguous Position of the Italian Constitutional Court on Life Imprisonment

, 2021
On 15 April 2021, the Italian Constitutional Court ruled on the constitutionality of life imprisonment. The main issue concerned the possibility of granting release on licence to convicted criminals sentenced to life imprisonment for very severe ...
Lucia Parlato
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance 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

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

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

Fides 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

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

Swiss 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

Contradicting Kuhn's Popular Notion of Scientific Revolution: Conservative Revolutionaries in the History of Biology

Natural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Proposing the concept of a conservative revolutionary generally and using the examples of Gregor Mendel, Max Delbrück, and Eric Davidson, I fundamentally call into question Thomas Kuhn's ideas of scientific revolutions. I also highlight some problematic consequences of the increasing appreciation of Kuhn's work among scientists and show that ...
Ute Deichmann
wiley   +1 more source

The Italian Constitutional Court and the abrogative referendum

, 2002
El referéndum abrogatorio italiano es una institución inusual de democracia semi-directa. Está anclado en el panorama de los instrumentos de lucha política transalpinos desde los años setenta.La Asamblea Constituyente ha establecido los motivos de inadmisibilidad de la solicitud de referéndum, que están sujetos a revisión por parte del Tribunal ...
openaire   +1 more source