Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Law
About the Book Series
This series brings together the most significant works in Law and Legal Studies by Italian authors that have been selected by the Giappichelli publishing house. It features cutting-edge research, addressing all of the major issues across a wide range of subjects, helping to define and advance the field.
International Law and Common Concerns of Humankind: The Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage
1st Edition
By Alberta Fabbricotti
July 07, 2026
The concept of the “common concern of humankind” (CCH) has gradually been incorporated into international law. Following the 2025 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change, its international legal status is beyond doubt. International law attributes significant ...
Criminal Justice and Data Protection: Communication Metadata under EU Human Rights Law
1st Edition
By Isadora Neroni Rezende
April 07, 2026
The use of traffic and location data in criminal justice is now a common prac-tice in the EU and beyond. Although metadata do not reveal the contents of communications, they allow to draw precise conclusions on the private lives of users, like their everyday habits, places of residence, daily ...
Sustainability and Animal Welfare: Legal and Scientific Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Francesca Rescigno, Diana Cerini
April 01, 2026
The book explores the theme of promoting the environment and animal rights through a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Most of the authors have a legal background, but the approach is not limited to law, because today more than ever a synergy between disciplines appears essential, and ...
Individual Will and the Civil Law Tradition: Rethinking Lex Privata
1st Edition
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By Tommaso dalla Massara
February 27, 2026
This volume sets out to explore the relationship between individual will (voluntas) and the legal rule. What unfolds in the following pages is a wide-ranging itinerary, moving between past and present, most notably ancient Rome and the contemporary world. The guiding question is as radical as it is...
Security, Constitutionalism and Legal Systems
1st Edition
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By Paola Piciacchia
February 20, 2026
The book explores, through new studies, the theme of security in its multiple dec-linations from a comparative and European public law perspective. It highlights the current complexity of the dynamics related to public security at the domestic and international levels and the reflections that these...
International Migration and the Law: Legal Approaches to a Global Challenge
1st Edition
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By Angela Di Stasi, Ida Caracciolo, Giovanni Cellamare, Pietro Gargiulo
December 26, 2025
This book discusses existing and future trends concerning the development of migratory policies between local and global levels, to understand the challenges and gaps in the protection of migrants. The collection explores international migration and its impact on sovereignty, international ...
Digital Assets and the Law: Fiat Money in the Era of Digital Currency
1st Edition
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By Filippo Zatti, Rosa Giovanna Barresi
September 29, 2025
This book delves into the intricacies of digital assets. With the increasing reliance on crypto and the potential adoption of digital currencies by central banks, our monetary system is at a critical point. The importance of taking the next step has become even more stringent, as evidenced by this ...
Introduction to International Economic Law
1st Edition
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By Fulvio M. Palombino
May 27, 2025
International Economic Law (IEL) refers to the rules governing economic relations at the international level and involving States, international organizations and private entities. This textbook explores IEL within the broader context of public international law from the ground up, providing all ...
Brexit and the British Constitution
1st Edition
By Claudio Martinelli
May 13, 2025
This book explores how and why the UK left the European Union and its impact on the British Constitution. The British people voted to leave the European Union in 2016, decreeing a passage of historical significance with deep political and legalimplications, as well as socioeconomic and ...
Ecological Sustainability and the Law: The European Green Deal and the New Frontiers of Sustainability
1st Edition
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By Edoardo Chiti, Andrea Giorgi
April 15, 2025
This book explores the emergence of ecological sustainability as a new EU policy and legal objective, distinct and autonomous from sustainable development. It argues that sustainability can no longer be conflated into sustainable development only, but should rather be represented as a plural ...
Legal Responses to Mass Migration: From the Nineteenth Century to World War II
1st Edition
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By Luigi Nuzzo, Michele Pifferi, Giuseppe Speciale, Cristina Vano
April 11, 2025
This volume explores the legal history of migration and the role played by legal theories, case law, practices, customary laws, and legislations in shaping and governing mobility between the 19th century and the Second World War. Based on different methodological approaches and sources, including ...
Judicial Review, Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law: The Construction of the European Constitutional Identity
1st Edition
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By Maria Grazia Rodomonte, Ludovica Durst
February 21, 2025
This book explores the complex issue of building a common European identity and the factors that contribute to it, with special regard to the role played by the interaction between national Constitutional Courts and European Courts. There is no doubt that the Courts have been key actors in the ...