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Boosting a Sustainable Religious Pluralism: Public Order and European Constitutional Identity (SURPLEI)
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La religione civile tra autorità e libertà, Tania Pagotto (Giappichelli, 2024)
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Law and plural society: open issues
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Enrico Vitali canonista, ecclesiasticista e matrimonialista

Parenthood-oriented self-determination. Notes on Constitutional Court 21 March 2025, no. 33

The Italian Constitutional Court once again ruled on the legitimacy of the subjective requirements to access adoptions, balancing the best interest of the abandoned child and parenthood-oriented self-determination.

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Dismissal of a school teacher and online free speech. 

The failure of domestic legislation to lay down specific conditions for authorising tax inspections in commercial or professional premises, as well as the absence of effective ex ante or ex post remedies against the unlawfulness of investigative measures, constitutes a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Culturally motivated crimes in the Italian criminal system. Gender-based violence and domestic abuse. 

Refusal of enforcement of a foreign judgment contrary to public policy (ordre public) as such enforcement is manifestly violating freedom of expression and information. 

Constitutional history: a new research between Milan and Belgrade - S. Milosevic, PhD

Constitutional history: a new research between Milan and Belgrade - S. Milosevic, PhD

Understanding Conscientious Objection - Prof. W. Brzozowski

Understanding Conscientious Objection - Prof. W. Brzozowski

Turkey's individual application to the Constitutional Court: suggestions to Italy? - B. Hayrullahoğlu, PhD

Turkey's individual application to the Constitutional Court: suggestions to Italy? - B. Hayrullahoğlu, PhD

Islam and Europe: grounds for peaceful coexistence - Prof. A. Pin

Islam and Europe: grounds for peaceful coexistence - Prof. A. Pin

The constitutional challenges posed by the ratification of the CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in Irish law - Prof. G. Barrett

The constitutional challenges posed by the ratification of the CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in Irish law - Prof. G. Barrett