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The research lines of the Department of Law are developed around topics of great relevance to contemporary society, with an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the legal, economic and social sciences. The main areas of research include: Law and Technological Innovation, Sustainability and Environmental Law, Economic and International Law, Human Rights and Social Justice, Comparative Law and International Legal Systems, Law and Governance of Organisations. These lines of research are geared towards meeting the challenges of the present and the future, using a rigorous and interdisciplinary scientific approach that aims to combine legal theory and practice, with a view to innovation and positive impact on society.
1) RE.B.I.R.TH. - Referendum in Britain and Italy: Rights, Typologies, History

PRA 2024 (University Research Project).

Start date: 2024

End date: 2025

The RE.B.I.R.TH project (PRA) analyses the relationship between the Rousseauian institutions of direct democracy and the parliamentary system in Italy and the UK, examining whether their historical evolution has an impact on certain social and institutional transformations, such as the effects on democratic-electoral participation; scepticism about scientific information and disinformation; party-political polarisation-radicalisation on global issues (migration, borders, EU).

Principal Investigator is Prof.ssa Anna Chimenti

2) DAL.MA - Data Law and Management

FRC 2024 (Campania Regional Growth Fund)

Start date: 2024

End date: September 2024

Clusters of reference of the Horizon Europe programme: Cluster 2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society; Cluster 3 - Civil security for society; Cluster 4 - Digital, industry and space.

The DAL.MA project illustrates an experimental research pathway that fosters the advancement of scientific knowledge, with specific regard to the strategic analysis of data and information, as well as to the intelligence activities in the international geopolitical context. Throughout a managerial and legal approach, the aim of the research is to underline the role of data governance, so to preserve the condition of security of private companies and government stakeholders.

Principal investigator is Prof.ssa Fernanda Faini

3) G.E.A. - Gender Equality Achievement

FRC 2024 (Campania Regional Growth Fund)

Start date: 2024

End Date: 2025

Cluster Horizon Europe: Cluster 2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society.

ERC Sectors: SH2 Institutions, values, environment and space: Political science, law, sustainability sciences, geography; SH24 Legal studies, constitutions, human rights, comparative law.

The G.E.A. project aims at examining, from a historical-legal and constitutionalist perspective, the contribution made by women to the formulation of the Constitution. Furthermore, it aims at interpreting, through the examination of the most recent legislative measures and Constitutional Court rulings, the legal motives of the ongoing evolution in the field of gender equity, so to identify what legal scenarios can be envisaged in Italy and in in other European contexts.

Princpial Investigator is Prof.ssa Maria Natale