This paper aims to examine one of the main implications of freedom of establishment: since it is possible to transfer a company abroad effortlessly, in fact, governments are adopting various strategies to make themselves more attractive. These are based on two main directives: first, a convenient tax system, as in Malta, on the other side technology, as proposed in Estonia. These countries’ strategy is radically different: Malta offers an extremely profitable tax system, while Estonia, on the…

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The right to life article is enshrined in the ECHR with the objective of making its implementation practical and achievable, with corresponding duties that are incumbent on the State, clearly delineated. This paper proceeds by establishing the facts of the case and issues instantiated via the proceedings. The focus pivots on showing that it is the Court’s overarching view that procedural obstacles circumventing the realization of the aims of Article 2, are to be mitigated where possible.…

L’annosa ed estremamente controversa questione della legittimità democratica della funzione del controllo di costituzionalità (judicial review) nelle mani del potere giudiziario (federale) e al suo vertice della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti d’America viene analizzata alla luce delle vicende legate all’adozione dell’executive order del Presidente Trump in materia di immigrazione (“Protecting the Nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States”, ribattezzato dai media “Muslim ban”e…

This paper aims at framing the first-hand impressions on the ECJ decision of the Taricco II affair by analyzing its reasoning and comparing its outcome with the former judgment on Taricco. After having tried to understand the implications of this judgment in the fields of Italian and European constitutional law, I will draw up some tentative conclusions and a modest proposal from these cases on the issues at stake. Download

Una delle caratteristiche principali dell’economia digitale è quella di permettere alle imprese di svolgere le proprie operazioni prescindendo da elementi tangibili – tipicamente la sede dell’attività o il bene oggetto di cessione - che, nelle forme più tradizionali di commercio, consentono invece di collegare una transazione ad un certo territorio. Questo aspetto, esasperato dal tumultuoso avvento delle tecnologie digitali, ha reso inadeguati i tradizionali principi della fiscalità…

Attraverso l’art. 22 d.lgs. 50/2016 (nuovo Codice degli appalti) è stato introdotto nell’ordinamento italiano il dibattito pubblico. Il dibattito pubblico prevede la partecipazione dei soggetti privati alle scelte delle istituzioni consentendo, di fatto, una notevole riduzione delle distanze tra decisore pubblico e soggetto destinatario della decisione stessa. Di seguito verrà definito il contesto all’interno del quale tale istituto si sviluppa, ovvero quello della democrazia partecipativa.…

Recently the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters, adopted an “Opinion on the law of 16 October 2015 amending the Organic Law No. 2/1979 on the Constitutional Court”. This comment, by analysing the Opinion, aims to highlight the growing tendency of the Commission to deal not only with new-established democracies but also with well-established democracies like, for instance, Spain. Furthermore, the comment will underline the Commission’s fundamental…

Il presente contributo offre una recensione del volume di Pietro Rescigno "Diritto  privato.  Una  conversazione", Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017 Download

In the recent decision n. 43/2017, the Constitutional Court established that the judgment on sanctions, qualified as administrative but criminal in nature, for the purpose of the Articles 6 e 7 ECHR, can not be overturned if the authorizing statute is subsequently found unconstitutional. This paper aims at addressing the problem of the relationship between the effects of the uncostitutional statute and the power to impose administrative sanctions. Moreover, it intends to verify if the nullum…