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Il lavoro prende in esame la figura di Cerellia, donna che fu vicina a Cicerone (= necessaria) negli ultimi anni della sua vita. A prescindere dalle fonti anticiceroniane, che la dipingono come una amante anziana e lussuriosa dell’oratore, dalle lettere traspare una donna dalla personalità colta, attiva socialmente ed economicamente, che conservò la relazione con Cicerone fino alla morte di lui. Di particolare interesse le lettere, indirizzate ad Attico, che conservano traccia delle operazioni finanziarie con Cerellia.

Nel lavoro vengono soppesati, calati nel loro preciso contesto storico, gli elementi rilevanti a termini di regole costituzionali per affermare la storicità della prima dittatura plebea in assoluto, secondo la tradizione ricoperta da Gaio Marcio Rutilo nel 356 a.C. Ogni riesame della questione non potrà prescindere dalla valutazione della conformità dell’avvenimento a ciò che si considerava, almeno per la sostanza, ‘diritto pubblico’ intorno alla metà del quarto secolo a.C..

Attraverso una rassegna di nomi di donne che nel bene e nel male hanno segnato la storia di Roma, si analizza la condizione giuridica della donna focalizzando in particolare l’attenzione sullo scorcio temporale che va dalla tarda Repubblica all’Impero, quando complice la situazione politica del tempo, la donna è riuscita a conquistare una sua visibilità sotto molteplici aspetti.

Taking the demographic indicators as a starting point, the essay analyses the unfair outcomes produced by the current structure of the necessary succession and then suggests a reconsideration of the share of the testator’s estate reserved by law, in accordance with the principles of intra-family solidarity and self-responsibility, proposing a modification in a purely quantitative sense of the reserved portion in order to achieve effective intra-family solidarity.

The phenomenon of greenwashing stems from a breach of substantial adherence by issuers to the rules of the sustainable finance framework. As the study demonstrates, with respect to the so-called green defaults, further consideration must therefore be given to the ex post corrective attitude, but also deterrent effect, of general civil law remedies, genetically aimed at resolving conflicts between private parties arising precisely as a result of the (real) failure to pursue the public interest objectives set forth in the sectoral financial regulations. After a description of the framework of sustainable financial products and the related risks of greenwashing, with particular attention to the specific case of the new European green bonds regulation, the analysis examines the criticalities of the general civil law remedies for investor protection in sustainable capital markets, foreshadowing some possible solutions at the level of private regulatory law.

The paper investigates “close relationships” between persons that establish strong bonds of solidarity in a different way from the scheme of marriage or nonmarital partnerships. After regulatory proposals which, over time, remained ignored, the Author looks into the current framework to hypothesize a minimum threshold of protection for such relational situations. The issue is to point out the constitutional basis, as well as the terms and limits, to recognize “close relationships”.

This paper aims at examining the effectiveness of class actions as a tool of protection against damages caused by climate change. After reconstructing the main elements of climate change litigation, the analysis focuses on class actions law, in particular, about the object of trial and about the concept of "homogeneous rights", to verify the potential applications of Italian class action law concerning climate change litigation.

Taking Lliuya v. RWE as a starting point, the present contribution analyses the climate change litigation from a private international law perspective. In particular, it investigates which law applies to tortious actions brought against large polluters, such as the Global Carbon Majors, in front of courts of EU Member States. Because of the material and temporal scope of application of the Rome II Regulation, it is argued that cases relating to damage to the environment and to damage to individuals caused by continuous emissions which started before 11 January 2009 fall outside the scope of application of the Regulation. For both cases residual role is vested upon national conflict of law rules, which national legislators should align to their goals to combat climate change.

In this essay, after analytically reconstructing the evolution of the powers of repression of illegal buildings up to the current double-track (criminal and administrative) sanctioning system, the Authors highlight its most problematic aspects in the light of an honest reconnaissance of criminal and administrative courts’ rulings. In particular, the self-assigned power of the criminal judge to order the demolition of illegal buildings even if formally authorised is subject to criticism, especially in relation to some open problems that have not yet been sufficiently highlighted in the legal literature. Although aware of the difficulty of achieving a satisfactory balance between all the interests at stake, the Authors warn of the risk that the need to ensure effective protection of urban planning may compromise values that are just as fundamental, such as the principle of legality, the separation of powers and the legal certainty.

Taking as its starting point the proposed law aimed at toughening penalties for aggravated fraud against elder people, the Paper will investigate the various forms of economic abuse against the elderly in family and healthcare facility. In particular, the Author will examine the so-called romance scams and the crime of mistreatment, considering the difference with the crime of circumvention of an incapable person.