26/01/2026 – Elena Siclari, Brevi note sullo spazio ‘sensibile’ dell’esperienza giuridica [Short Notes on the ‘Sensitive’ Space of Legal Experience]
This paper explores law as an object of sensitive research, understood not merely as an abstract system of norms but as an experiential practice rooted in bodily interaction and corporeality. Law is examined within a “sensitive space” formed by bodies that encounter, touch, and recognize one another, highlighting the central role of the body in shaping legal understanding. Corporeality emerges as an essential element in addressing the spatial dimension of law, insofar as legal reasoning requires a form of thought that perceives its vitality through bodily sensations and emotions.
Within this framework, sensibility is conceived as the “energy of living,” an expression of corporeality that encompasses sensations, emotions, perceptions, and the capacity to listen and relate to others. The paper further proposes a critical comparison between the sensible world and the virtual world, the latter understood as a necessary instrument but not a substitute for the human being endowed with sensibility. From this perspective, the jurist faces both an ethical and a legal challenge: to rethink law in light of its fundamentally sensitive essence.
26/01/2026 – Giulio Donzelli, Il diritto e il caso: da Mannoni a Charpentier. Agli albori della predizione algoritmica [Law and Casus: From Mannoni to Charpentier. At the Dawn of Algorithmic Prediction]
‘Casus’ is a singular and ambiguous term. This paper examines three of its principal semantic domains: causality, the factual matrix, and precedent. It seeks to explore key aspects of the complex relationship between law and casus, drawing on literary insights from the works of Octave Mannoni and Jacques Charpentier, who, as early as the 1950s, envisaged the use of machines in the administration of justice. These imaginative narratives help to elucidate the distinctive role assumed by precedent within our legal system, particularly in relation to the challenges posed by the use of predictive algorithms in judicial practice.
26/01/2026 – Vittorio Capuzza, Manzoni e la via di Milano su cui sorgeva una “Colonna” detta “Infame”[Manzoni and the Milan street where the so-called “Infamous Column” once stood]
In the summer of 1630 in Milan, Guglielmo Piazza and Giangiacomo Mora were sentenced to death after being accused of being “untori.” Mora’s house, where he worked as a barber, was razed to the ground, and a column was erected on the site as a lasting memorial to the alleged infamy of his actions. More than two centuries later, their innocence was acknowledged, and on the site of the former barbershop—on a street now named after Mora—a plaque stands condemning the injustice.
23/01/2026 – Angelo Contrino and Adriana Salvati, Authority and trust in the fulfillment of tax obligations: the vision of Italian comedy
Trust and the relationship with authority are fundamental variables for the correct fulfilment of tax obligations: in a “synergistic” social climate, characterized by trust between citizens and authorities, taxpayers are intrinsically motivated to pay taxes honestly and spontaneously; conversely, in a climate of mistrust between taxpayers and institutions, compliance with tax rules is promoted by extrinsic motivations, such as fear of authority and punishment. The cinematic vision, particularly that of Italian comedy, highlights the fragile ethical foundations of tax obligations and captures the complexity of the Italian political and social landscape, in which, on the one hand, the role of authority in the system is emphasized and, on the other, the resources necessary for that authority to operate are systematically withheld.