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MASSIMO LA TORRE
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth: 9 August 1954
Place of Birth : Messina, Italy
Marital Status : Married to Cristina García Pascual
Children: One daughter, Giulia, born on 1996
Nationality : Italian
Present academic positions: Full Professor ("Ordinario") of Legal Philosophy, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro,
Faculty of Law, Catanzaro, Italy; Part-time Research Professor of Legal Theory, University of Hull, United Kingdom; Visiting
Professor, Law School, Tallinn University, Portugal
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2009)
I. EDUCATION
1982-1984 European University Institute, Florence -- Department of Law, Ph. D. student
1982 Johns Hopkins University -- School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center, Postgraduate student
1977-1981 University of Messina, Italy -- Faculty of Political Sciences, Graduate student
1972-1977 University of Messina, Italy -- Faculty of Law, Graduate student
1967-1972
Lycée "F. Maurolico" for Humanities and Ancient Languages, Messina, Italy,
Undergraduate student
II. ACADEMIC DEGREES
1989 European University Institute, Florence -- Department of Law, Doctor of the Science of Law.
Thesis on Karl Larenz and the national socialist legal doctrine (Chairman of the Jury: Professor Werner
Maihofer; Supervisor: Professor Gunther Teubner)
1981 University of Messina -- Faculty of Political Sciences, Dottore in Scienze Politiche, summa cum
laude. Thesis on the legal philosophy of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (Supervisor: Professor Vincenzo Tomeo)
1977 University of Messina -- Faculty of Law, Dottore in Giurisprudenza. Thesis on problems in
Norberto Bobbio's political philosophy (Supervisor: Professor Rodolfo De Stefano)
1972 Baccalauréat (Maturità classica)
III. PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 Visiting Professor, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2014 Visiting Professor, University of Lisbon, Potugal
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2013 Visiting Professor, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Visiting Professor, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
2012 - Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Public Law, University of Münster
2011- Visiting Fellow of the Research Group on Bioethics and Normative Justification at the
University of Münster, Germany
2009-2010 Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Public Law at the University of Münster, Germany
2008-2009 Distinguished Visiting Professor (“Cátedra de excelencia”), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid,
Spain
2008 Visiting Professor, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
2006-2007 Visiting Professor (“professeur invité”), Robert Schuman University, Faculty of Law,
Strasbourg, France
2005- 2008 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Law, "Mediterranea" University of Reggio Calabria -Faculty of Law
2003- Professor ("Professore ordinario") of Legal Philosophy, "Magna Graecia" University of
Catanzaro -- Faculty of Law (with tenure)
2000- Visiting Professor of Legal Theory, University of Hull -- Law School
2000-2003 Professor ("Professore straordinario") of Legal Philosophy, "Magna Graecia" University of
Catanzaro -- Faculty of Law
1999-2003 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Messina -- Faculty of Law
1999-2001 Visiting Professor, European Academy of Legal Theory, Brussells
1997 Visiting Professor, Universidade Autonoma of Lisbon--Faculty of Law
1999-2000 Associate Professor (professore associato) of Philosophy of Law, University of Bologna -Faculty of Law
1995-1999 Professor of Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, European University Institute, Florence -Department of Law
1995-2002 External Research Professor (profesor asociado estranjero del Programa Propio),
University of Murcia, Spain -- Faculty of Philosophy (with tenure)
1994 Visiting Professor (Gastprofessor), University of Münster, Germany -- Faculty of Law
1993-1995 Senior Lecturer on Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, European University Institute,
Florence--Departement of Law
1993 Visiting Lecturer, Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Madrid
1991-- 1993 Lecturer on Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory, European University Institute, Florence
-- Department of Law
September 1991 Visiting Lecturer, Instituto de Administración Pública del Estado de Guerrero,
Acapulco, México
September 1989 Visiting Research Fellow, Academy of Sciences of GDR, Berlin
Spring 1988 Visiting Lecturer (Lektor) of Political philosophy, University of Graz -- Faculty of Law
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(Lehrauftrag)
1987-1991 Senior Research Fellow (ricercatore confermato) of Legal philosophy, University of
Bologna -- Faculty of Law (with tenure)
September 1987 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh—School of Law
1984-1987 Research Fellow (ricercatore) of Legal philosophy, University of Bologna -- Faculty of
Law
1984 -- 1985 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Graz, Austria -- Faculty of Law, Institute of
Legal Philosophy
1981--1984 Secretary (segretario), Bologna State Archives (with tenure)
1980--1981 Barrister at Law (procuratore legale), Messina Tribunals
1977--1980 Apprentice Barrister at Law (praticante procuratore legale), Messina Tribunals
IV. GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, grant
2012 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, grant
2009 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award
2006 Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung, grant
2001 NIAS- Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies, grant (refused)
2000 PRIN grant for a three years research on citizenship at the University of Catanzaro financed by
the Italian Ministery of University and Research
1997 Club dei giuristi italiani, nomination to the Book of the Year Award
1995 Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung, grant
1993 Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung, grant
1987 British Council, grant
1984--1985 Italian National Council for Research (CNR), grant
1982--1984 European University Institute, Florence, grant
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1981
1980
1979
Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, Bologna Center, grant
Centre Européen Universitaire, Nancy, grant (refused)
Institut International des Droits de l'Homme, Strasbourg, grant
Alliance Française, Paris, grant
V. EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2015 Editor-in-Chief of the on-line Journal « Ordines—Per un sapere interdisciplinare sulle istituzioni
europee » (www.ordines.it), ISSN: 2421-07302421-07302421-0730
2012- General editor of the series of books “L’Europa del diritto” (published by Edizioni Scientiiche
Italiane, Naples)
2012- Member of the Committee of Advisors of Direito & Política (Portugal)
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2005- Member of the Committee of Advisors of Derechos y Libertades (journal edited by the
University Carlos III, Madrid)
2003- Member of the Editorial Board of "Biblioteca di Cultura Civile" (a series of books published by
Diabasis, Reggio Emilia, Italy)
2003- Co-editor of the series of books “Res Publica” (published by Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli,
Italy)
2002- Member of the Committee of Advisors of “Res Pública, Revista de Filosofía política”, Murcia
and Madrid, Spain
1995- Member of the Committee of Advisors of Revista de estudios autonómicos, journal of legal and
political studies edited by the Generalitat Valenciana (Regional government), Valencia, Spain
1995-1997 Member of the Committee of Advisors of Debats, journal edited by the Institució
valenciana d'estudis i investigació (Valencia Institute of Advanced Studies), Valencia, Spain
1995- Member of the Committee of Directors of the series of books Sociologia del diritto (published
by Franco Angeli, Milan, Italy)
1992- Associate editor of Ratio Juris. An International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of
Law (published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U. K.)
1988- Member of the Editorial Board of Sociologia del diritto (journal published by Franco Angeli,
Milan)
1988-1991 Assistant editor of Ratio Juris. An International Journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of
Law (published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U. K.)
1985-1991 Member of the Editorial staff of Current Legal Theory. International Journal for
Documentation on Legal Theory (published by ACCO, Leuven, Belgium)
1983- Member of the Editorial Board of Legal Philosophical Library (series of books published by
Antonio Giuffrè, Milan, Italy)
VI. COURSES AND SEMINARS TAUGHT
Philosophy of Law
Legal Methodology
Political Philosophy
Legal Theory
Legal Ethics
European Law
Comparative Law
Law in Context
Human Rights
Legal Informatics
Law and History
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History of Political Ideas
Bioethics
VII. CHAIRS OFFERED
2015 Chair of European Law at the Tallinn University, Estonia
2011 Chair of Philosophy of Law offered at the University of Luxemburg, refused
2007 H. K. Bevan Chair of Law offered at the University of Hull, refused
2000 Chair of Philosophy of Law offered at the University of Catanzaro, accepted
2000 Chair of Legal Theory offered at the University of Hull, accepted
1995 Chair of Legal Theory offered at the European University Institute, Florence, accepted
VIII. VARIA
2013- Director of the Ph. D. Programme on "Teoria del diritto e ordinamento giuridico ed economico europeo" at the
"Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro
2003 - Director of the Ph. D. Programme on "Teoria del diritto e ordinamento giuridico europeo" at the "Magna Graecia"
University of Catanzaro
1995 - 1996 Scientific Director (together with Profs. K. Eder and S. Lukes) of the European Forum (on "Citizenship") at the
E. U. I.
1993- Member of the Committee of Advisors of the “Bartolomé de las Casas” Institute for Human Rights, Carlos III
University, Madrid
June 1993
Formal acknowledgment by the Spanish High Council of Universities (Consejo Superior de las Universidades)
of the qualifications required to be eligible for a Full Professorship (Catedrático de Universidad), that is, acknowledgment of
academic qualifications equivalent to those of a Senior Associate Professor (Profesor titular con almenos tres años de ancianidad)
IX. LANGUAGES
Italian:
mother tongue
French:
good
Spanish: good
English: good
German: good
Portuguese: reading knowledge
Dutch: reading knowledge
Catalan: reading knowledge
Russian: poor reading knowledge
Latin: reading knowledge
Ancient Greek: poor reading knowledge
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PUBLICATIONS
(2010-2015)
by
Massimo La Torre
I. BOOKS
1. Law as Institution, Springer, Dordrecht 2010, pp. 271 (ISBN 978-1-4020-6606-1)
2. (together with Gianfrancesco Zanetti) Altri seminari di filosofia del diritto, Rubbettino
(“Varia”), Soveria Mannelli 2010, pp. 202 (ISBN-10: 88-498-2935-3)
3. Messina als Methaper und Idealtypischer Ort der Politik -- Natur und öffentliche Späre,
German transl. by Thomas Vormbaum, LIT, Münster 2011, pp. 128 (ISBN 978-3-643-11341-2)
4. Sullo spirito mite delle leggi -- Ragione, razionalità, ragionevolezza, Editoriale Scientifica
(”Lezioni magistrali” dell’Università Suor Orsola Benincasa, n. 49), Napoli 2012, pp. 118 (ISBN 978 88-6342-328-0)
5. (together with Marina Lalatta Costerbosa), Legalizzare la tortura. Ascesa e declino dello Stato
di diritto, Il Mulino (“Saggi”), Bologna 2013, pp. 208 (ISBN 8815241434)
II. EDITED BOOKS AND JOURNALS SPECIAL ISSUES
1. M. Wollstonecraft, Lettere scritte durante un breve soggiorno in Svezia, Norvegia e
Danimarca, Rubbettino (“Res Publica”), Soveria Mannelli 2011, pp. 210 (ISBN-13: 9788849829303)
2. Tra apologia e utopia. Forma e decisione nel diritto internazionale (Il contributo di Martti
Koskenniemi), ESI, Napoli 2013, pp. 68 (ISBN: 978-88-495-2606-6)
3. A. Caffi, Politica e cultura, Rubbettino (“Res Publica”), Soveria Mannelli 2014, pp. 200 (ISBN:
9788849840155)
4. Judicial Activism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the American and European Experiences,
ed. by L. Pereira Coutinho, M. La Torre, and S. Smith, Springer (“Ius Gentium: Comparative
Perspectives on Law and Justice), Berlin 2015, pp. 206 (ISBN: 978-3319185484)
III. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS OF BOOKS
1. Reflexiones sobre la Ilíada, in Simone Weil. La conciencia del dolor y de la belleza, ed. by E.
Bea, Trotta, Madrid 2010, pp. 63-70 (ISBN 978-84-9879-123-5)
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2. Sobre el espíritu ductile de las leyes. Razón, racionalidad, razonabilidad, in “El Cronista del
Estado Social y Democrático de Derecho”, nr. 12, abril 2010, pp 42-51 (ISSN 1889-0016)
3. Una concezione deliberativa della politica-- Francesco Saverio Merlino tra anarchismo e
democrazia, in La fine del socialismo? Francesco Saverio Merlino e l’anarchia possibile, ed. by G.
Landi, Atti del Convegno di Imola, 1 luglio 2000, Centro studi libertari “Camillo Di Sciullo”, Pescara
2010, pp. 34-60
4. Citizenship and European Democracy -- Between the European Constitution and the Treaty of
Lisbon, in The End of the 1992 European Legal Order, ed. by P. J. Birkinshaw, Kluwer, Alphen 2010,
pp. 197-211 (ISBN 978-90-411-3152-2)
5. “Finché la società sarà questa”. Neocostituzionalismo e positivismo giuridico: Gustavo
Zagrebelsky e Luigi Ferrajoli, in “Materiali per una storia della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 40, June 2010,
pp. 209-226
6. Rechte und rechtstheoretische Ansätze, in “Rechtstheorie”, Vol. 31, 2010, pp. 73-86 (ISSN
0034-1398)
7. A Flag in the Wind, in “Rechtstheorie”, Vol. 31, 2010, pp. 277-284 (ISSN 0034-1398)
8. Dopo Hart. Il dibattito giusfilosofico contemporaneo, in Prospettive di filosofia del diritto del
nostro tempo, Giappichelli, Torino 2010 (ISBN 978-88-348-1473-4)
9. Traum einer Frühsommernacht, in “Journal der juristischen Zeitgeschichte”, Vol. 4, 2010,
pp.121-123 (ISSN 1863-9984)
10. Constitucionalismo de los Antiguos y de los Modernos. Constitución y “estado de excepción”,
in “Res Pública”, n. 23, 2010, pp. 17-35 (ISSN 1576-4184)
11. Filosofia e scienza giuridica in Norberto Bobbio, in “Ragion pratica”, December 2010, pp.
549-566
12. Avvocatura e retorica. Tra teoria del diritto e deontologia forense, in Retorica e deontologia
forense, a cura di M. Manzin e P. Moro, Giuffrè, Milano 2010, pp. 37-61 (ISBN 88-14-15566-6)
13. The Ancient’s and the Moderns’ Constitutionalism—Constitution, “State of Exception” and
the Public Monopoly of Violence, in Die Zukunft des staatlichen Gewaltmonopols, ed. by Th.
Gutmann and B. Pieroth, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2010, pp. 9-31 (ISBN 978-3-8329-6187-9)
14. In the Homeland of Sunset-- Europe’s Identity and Mission, in “Jahrbuch der Juristischen
Zeitgeschichte”, Vol. 11, 2010, pp. 205-223 (ISBN 978-3-11023673-6)
15. Nueve críticas a la teoría de los derechos fundamentals de Alexy, in La argumentación y los
derechos fundamentales, ed. by A. J. Menéndez and E. O. Eriksen, Centro de estudios políticos y
constitucionales, Madrid 2010, pp. 77-96 (ISBN 979-84-259-1473-7)
16. Europa: Raíces, identidad y misión, in “Sociologia del diritto”, 2010, n. 3, pp. 57-71
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17. La “patria de las sombras”. Derecho y política en la sociedad del espectáculo, in “El Cronista
del Estado Social y Democrático de Derecho”, n. 19, marzo 2011, pp. 4-15 (ISSN 1889-0016)
18. Reform and Tradition. Changes and Continuities in Neil MacCormick’s Concept of Law, in
Law and Democracy in Neil MacCormick’s Legal and Political Theory, ed by J. E. Fossum and A.
Menendez, Springer, Dordrecht 2011, pp. 55-67 (ISBN 978-90-481-8942-7)
19. La “patria delle ombre”. Diritto e politica nella società dello spettacolo, in “Materiali per una
storia della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 41, June 2011, pp.163-186
20. In the Homeland of Sunset. Europe’s Identity and Mission, in Mélanges à la mémoire de
Yota Kravaritou, ed. by I. Schömann, Etui, Bruxelles 2011, pp. 978-2-87452-212-3 (ISBN 978-287452-212-3)
21. Anarchismo e liberalismo. Individuo e ragione nel pensiero di William Godwin, appendix M.
Wollstonecraft, Lettere scritte durante un breve soggiorno in Svezia, Norvegia e Danimarca,
Rubbettino (“Res Publica”), ed. by M. La Torre, Soveria Mannelli 2011, pp. 183-205
22. Dello spirito mite delle leggi -- Ragione, razionalità, ragionevolezza (Part One), in “Materiali per
una storia della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 41, December 2011, pp. 495-515 (ISSN 1120-9607)
23. Lawyers, Advocacy and the Concept of Law, in “Rechtstheorie”, Vol. 43, 2012, pp. 307-401
(ISSN 0034-1398)
24. Dello spirito mite delle leggi -- Ragione, razionalità, ragionevolezza (Part Two), in “Materiali per
una storia della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 42, June 2012, pp. 123-154
25. The Collapse of the Rule of Law, in “Netherlands Journal for Legal Philosophy”, Vol. 41, 2012
(ISSN 2213-0713), pp. 159-176
26. Sul futuro della democrazia, in “Critica liberale”, Vol. 19, aprile 2012 (ISSN 1825-4977)
27. Teoria del diritto e punto di vista interno. Sviluppi e ripensamenti, in “Sociologia del diritto”,
2012, 3 , pp. 7-26
28. Hannah Arendt and the Concept of Law. Against the Tradition, in Eichmann in Jerusalem – 50
years After, ed, by K. Ambos et al., Duncker & Humlot, Berlin 2012, pp. 39-56 (ISBN-10: 3428138937)
29. Citoyenneté, in Traité international de droit constitutionnel, Vol.3, Dalloz, Paris 2012, pp. 357-387
(ISBN 978-2-247-12072-7)
30. Un bilancio dell’Italia unita. “L’Italia qual è” di Francesco Saverio Merlino, in “Materiali per una
storia della cultura giuridica”, December 2012, pp. 567-574
31. The Poverty of Global Constitutionalism, in Pluralism and European Private Law, ed. by L. Niglia,
Hart, Oxford 2013 (ISBN 9781849463379)
32. Amistades peligrosas. Tortura y Derecho, in “Derechos y Libertades”, January 2013, pp. 25-38
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33. La verità del diritto senza verità, in “Sociologia del diritto”, 2013, n. 1, pp. 187-199
34. Positivismo giuridico, in Enciclopedia del diritto, Annali, Vol. 6, Giuffrè, Milano 2013, pp. 681-736
(ISBN-10: 8814186138)
35. Diritto e male, in “Psicoterapia e Scienze umane”, 2013, n. 2, pp. 255-268
36. Pobreza del constitucionalismo global, in El reto de la gobernabilidad. Europa y la globalización,
Capítulo español del Club de Roma, Valencia 2013, pp. 235-249
37. Chi ha paura del giudice costituzionale? Decisionismo e positivismo giuridico, in “Quaderni
fiorentini per la storia del pensiero guridico”, Vol. 42, 2013, pp. 153-178
38. Hannah Arendt and the Concept of Law, in “Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie”, vol. 99,
2013, pp. 400-416
39. Who’s Afraid of the Constitutional Judge?, in Ethics, Society, Politics. Proceedings of the 2012
Wittgenstein Symposium, ed. by H. Greif and M. G. Weiss, De Gruyter, Berlin 2013, pp. 361-386
(ISBN 9783110336245)
40. Il futuro della democrazia, in Le metamorfosi del diritto. Studi in memoria di Alfonso Catania, ed.
by Francesco Mancuso, Mimesis, Milano 2013, pp. 255-266
41. Variaciones sobre la deontología de los abogados, in El buen jurista. Deontología de las
profesiones legales, ed. by C. García Pascual, Tirant lo Blanc, Valencia 2013, pp. 177-201 (ISBN13:
9788490337394)
42. Global Citizenship? Political Rights Under Imperial Conditions, in Spheres of Global Justice, Vol.
1, ed.by Ch. Merle, Springer, Berlin 2013, pp. 131-140 (ISBN 978-94-007-5997-8)
43. Natural Law, Legal Positivism, and the Place of Law as Institution, in Positivität, Normativität und
Institutionalität des Rechts. Festschrift für Werner Krawietz zum 80. Geburtstag, ed. by M. Schulte et
al., Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013 (ISBN 978-3-428-14278-1)
44. Rechtstheorie und interner Standpunkt, in “Rechtstheorie”, Vol. 45, 2014, 2, pp. 221-241
45. La decadencia de Occidente. Sobre el futuro de la democracia, in Democracia. Ensayos de filosofía
política y jurídica, ed. by Francisco M. Mora Sifuentes, Fontamara, México D. F. 2014, pp. 13-32
46. La giustizia della tortura, in “Materiali per la storia della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 44, June 2014 ,
pp. 3-30
47. Noterelle sulla responsabilità (e la stupidità), in “Dianoia”, Vol. 18, 2014, pp. 11-24 (ISSN 11251514)
48. A Weberian Moment for Europe?, in “European Public Law”, Vol. 20, 2014, 3, pp. 421-433
49. Il fantasma della legge. Mikhail Bakunin e la metafisica della libertà, in “Filosofia politica”, Vol.
28, 2014, pp. 247-268 (ISSN 0394-7297)
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50. Il profeta muto. Politica e cultura nel pensiero di Andrea Caffi, in A. Caffi, Politica e cultura, ed. by
M. La Torre, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2014
51. La patria delle ombre, in Diritto e politica. Le nuove dimensioni del potere, ed. by A. Scerbo,
Giuffrè, Milan 2014 (ISBN 9788814182877)
52. Die Evolution des Rechts und der Anspruch auf Fortschritt, in “Archiv für Rechts- und
Sozialphilosophie”, Beiheft, 2015 (forthcoming)
53. Storia e concetti. Martti Koskenniemi storico della cultura giuridica, in “Materiali per la storia
della cultura giuridica”, Vol. 45, June 2015, 119-137
54. Le droit natural, le positivisme juridique et la place du droit comme institution, in Normes,
institutions et régulation publique, ed. by Th. Boccon-Gibod and Caterina Gabrielli, Éditions
Hermann, Paris 2015, pp. 299-315 (ISBN : 978 2 7056 9024 3)
IV. WORKING PAPERS, SHORT NOTES, DICTIONARY ENTRIES, AND REVIEWS
1. Sueño de una noche de principio de verano, in “El cronista del Estado social y democratico de
Derecho”, N. 27, Marzo 2012, pp. 34-36 (ISSN: 1889-0016)
2. Presentazione, in F. S. Merlino, L’Italia qual è, Una Città, Forlì 2012 (ISBN 8895919076)
3. Enrico Paresce, in Dizionario biografico dei giuristi italiani (secc. XII-XX), Il Mulino, Bologna
2013
4. Presentazione, in A. Caffi, Politica e cultura, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2014
V. TRANSLATIONS
1. L. Alexander, K. Kress, Una critica dei princìpi del diritto, ESI, Naples 104
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