Italian Review of Legal History

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Call for papers 2026

2026-01-22

The Board of the Italian Review of Legal History invites all scholars to contribute to the next issue of the review (year 2026).

Submission deadline: June 30th 2026.

The issue will include papers on legal and legal-historical subjects.

Please, fill the following form by March 31st 2026 (pdf file to be filled with Acrobat Reader) and submit it to segreteria.irlh@unimi.it and to claudia.storti@unimi.it

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Current Issue

No. 11 (2025)

Published: 2025-12-30

Peoples and Governments in historical perspective and in the present

On The Law of Peoples by John Rawls

Antonio Padoa Schioppa

1-12
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Desertion in the context of general mobilization: Historical experience and modern challenges

Serhii Khalymon, Liudmyla Litvin, Viktor Tyshchuk

13-55
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Military jurisdiction and the democratic state. From the justice of the chiefs to the law 180/1981

Floriana Colao

56-114
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Poor law and social security in Tudor England: The role of the Justices of the Peace

Dolores Freda

115-151
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The democratic colonization. Land struggles, land reform, and constitutional implementation in the postwar period

Paolo Passaniti

152-184
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The Development of the Administrative Act Theory As an Expression of Values in Administrative Law

Andrzej Adamczyk

185-202
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The tarnished mirror: the Treaty of Paris (1898) in the legal history of Puerto Rico

José R. Gómez Biamón

203-284
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The concept of «people» from an intergenerational perspective

Raffaele Marzo

285-312
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A philosophical examination of the social compact on the reconstruction of South African society

Konanani Happy Raligilia, Rorisang Gomolemo Thage, Lufuno Tokyo Nevondwe, Kolawole Olusola Odeku, Lesiba Benedict Moshoeu

313-330
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Miscellaneous Themes

For a history of drawers: Galdino Siqueira's draft of brazilian penal code (1913)

Ricardo Sontag

331-371
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Bibliographical notes

Review of Antonio Grilli, Resistenza e repressione. Il Tribunale speciale per la difesa dello Stato nella RSI (1943-1945), Roma, Carocci, 2024

Floriana Colao

372-381
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Review of Paolo Passaniti, La riforma agraria in Italia. La Maremma dell’Ente Maremma, Pisa, Pacini, 2024

Federico Roggero

382-386
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Il fascino dell’anomalia: leggendo Davide Rossi, Il lungo Novecento della frontiera adriatica. Transizioni istituzionali e modifiche giuridiche, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2025

Alberto Sciumè

387-398
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Review of Mario Ascheri and Fabrizio Ricciardelli, The City-states in Late Medieval Italy, Roma, Viella Editrice, 2024

Claudia Storti

399-403
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Discussions: A history not only for historians. Presentation of Marzia Lucchesi, Diritto, pedagogia e femminismo. Valeria Benetti (1908-1914), Napoli, Satura Editrice, 2023 (San Salvatore Monferrato, 27 giugno 2025)

Introduction to the discussion on Marzia Lucchesi's book Diritto, pedagogia e femminismo. Valeria Benetti (1908-1914)

Enrico Beccaria

404-406
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Valeria Benetti and the long journey of women's issue

Ettore Dezza

407-411
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Reflections on the book by Marzia Lucchesi Diritto, pedagogia e femminismo. Valeria Benetti (1908-1914)

Giulia Giustetto

412-416
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Some considerations between past and present on Marzia Lucchesi's book Diritto, pedagogia e femminismo. Valeria Benetti (1908-1914)

Claudia Storti

417-426
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The relevance of Valeria Benetti's thinking and work

Marzia Lucchesi

427-431
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