Reconstructing Criminalisation. Regulatory Crimes and the Authoritarian Foundations of Modern Substantive Criminal Law

Criminalisation theories have traditionally neglected regulatory criminal law. This paper argues that this approach is unjustified and calls for a change. By showing the historical and contemporary relevance of regulatory criminalisation, it contends that theories in this field should be reconstructed around it, claiming that this shift reveals the authoritarian foundations of modern substantive criminal law. The paper is structured as follows. First, it outlines the pervasiveness of regulato...

LA SEGNALAZIONE DI POTENZIALI VULNERABILITÀ NELLA LEGGE SULLA CYBERSICUREZZA: UNA PROBLEMATICA ESIGENZA DI COORDINAMENTO

Not All That Glitters Is Gold! The Brokerage Role of Consulting Companies in Disseminating Information to Overcome the Barriers to Metaverse Adoption

The last few years have seen a reemergence in the awareness of virtual worlds among practitioners and academics. Driven by tech giants' investments, the Metaverse is considered by some as an unprecedented revolutionary technology with the potential to unlock an entire gamut of new unexplored opportunities for both companies and individuals. Others instead talk of “Metaverse dream fallacy” for search traffic for the word Metaverse has collapsed by roughly 80% over the past year and some ...

Women Directors and R&D Investments Relationship: Does Their Intellectual Capital Matter?

Recent corporate governance literature highlights the crucial role of women directors in shaping firms' strategic investments, particularly in research and development (R&D). Although existing studies often measure gender diversity by the percentage of women on boards, they overlook women directors' specific roles and characteristics. This study addresses this gap by exploring the conditions necessary to comprehend how and whether women directors influence R&D investments. Drawing on ...