This study assesses the experiences of offering language services and accommodating language diversity during civil proceedings in the United States, India, and South Africa as a lesson for Ethiopia. To explore the experiences of the United States, India, and South Africa, the author used a comparative socio-legal research approach that includes extensive document reviews as well as legal and case analyses. In the case of Ethiopia, the study additionally undertakes semi-structured interviews with court staff and litigants of the selected Federal Courts, Oromia Regional State Courts, and Central Ethiopia Regional State Courts. The author also conducted civil proceeding court observations to enrich the study. The article concludes that Ethiopia’s civil justice system should learn from comparative experiences in terms of developing comprehensive legal and normative frameworks that govern the provision of quality court interpretation, court file translations, and sign language interpreters. Effective communication and defending of one’s own case in court is an essential element for accessing justice. The state is responsible for regulating and providing appropriate facilities or mechanisms to address the language barriers encountered by court litigants.

The essay assesses the validity and enforceability of a clause which precludes the remedy of termination by breach of the contract, allowing the parties only either to enforce the contract or to seek damages. The clause is widely adopted in several contractual transactions, such as SPA (Sale and Purchase agreement) contract in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) business, as it shaped as the so called “sole remedy” clause, allowing in case of breach of the Representations and Warranties (R&W) only to seek the indemnity provide by the contract. The Author concludes for the validity of the clause under Italian Law, under the limit set forth by Sect. 1229 Italian Civil Code and providing it safeguards the alternative remedies of specific performance and damages, set forth by Sect. 1453 ICC.

Il titolo di questo articolo è l'incipit di una formula utilizzata da Bruno Celano nella prima nota dei saggi a due mani. Nella sua versione integrale è la seguente: “In ottemperanza a una norma italiana, di cui non comprendiamo appieno il senso, dichiariamo che le sezioni X e Y sono di Bruno Celano e le sezioni W e Z sono di N”. Dato il processo di scrittura altamente dialogico, possiamo facilmente comprendere perché Celano, con garbata irriverenza, obbedisse alla richiesta di attribuire la titolarità di ogni sezione a un autore, non esimendosi dall’esprimere un certo dissenso. Nella sua vasta produzione, i testi a doppia firma sono pochi e recenti. Tuttavia, raccontare la pratica creativa della scrittura congiunta ci permette di mostrare un tratto distintivo dell'intera opera di Bruno Celano, ovvero il pensare e il ricercare in dialogo. Nel presente lavoro, Clelia Bartoli, Marco Brigaglia e Giuseppe Rocché ripercorrono alcuni elementi dal backstage del lavoro di Celano, soprattutto negli ultimi anni segnati dalla malattia.

The paper discusses the notion of epistemic injustice, with specific reference to gender injustice, which arose within the studies of social epistemology, testing its potential applications in the judicial field. In particular, scientific evidence could, if used by the judge with a deferential attitude, generate hypotheses of epistemic injustice, both at the stage of the formation of scientific knowledge mobilized in court and in its use.

Il contributo introduce una prima parte dei lavori che sono stati presentati al 3° Convegno internazionale intitolato EN TEORÍA HAY MUJERES (EN TEORÍA), tenutosi in date 7 e 8 luglio 2023 presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano. Nella presentazione si ricordano genesi e obiettivi della iniziativa nata nel 2018 e si accennano alcune riflessioni su taluni, tra i moltissimi, nodi irrisolti del dibattito giuridico-filosofico-politico-etico contemporaneo sulla rilevanza/irrilevanza delle questioni di genere a livello teorico e pratico.

Il saggio si propone di esaminare le nuove sfide della regolazione alimentare intrattenendosi sulla necessità, che un “sistema alimentare sostenibile” richiede, di superare la prospettiva di food safety, orientata a garantire la sicurezza igienico sanitaria degli alimenti, e di abbracciare anche quella di food security, tesa ad assicurare a tutti una quantità di cibo sufficiente e a prezzi ragionevoli. Dopo aver illustrato i caratteri della regolazione alimentare, l’Autrice mette in luce il contributo fornito dalla giurisprudenza nell’elaborare il fondamentale “principio di precauzione” e la rilevanza del Green Deal proposto dalla Commissione europea al fine di conseguire il fondamentale obiettivo della sostenibilità alimentare.

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the East African Community (EAC) and the European Union (EU) is of particular importance for the Kenyan floriculture sector. While the other EAC Partner States remain reluctant to ratify this agreement, they allowed the Republic of Kenya to start its implementation under the principle of variable geometry in June 2021. Kenya and the EU then started a strategic dialogue in which they pledged to strengthen their cooperation on human rights issues. This article identifies two priorities for floriculture workers: Kenya’s ratification of the core labour rights Convention No. 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise and the broadening of an enabling space for an active, organised and transparent civil society.

Technological innovations invariably lead to legal questions being raised; the sphere of digitalization of physical documents and securities by use of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies does not constitute an exception. While solutions for many questions can be found within the existing legal framework, some developments call for legislative measures. This paper examines the hurdles in connection with the issuance and transfer of securities by virtue of a mere digital transaction and the approaches of the Liechtenstein and Swiss legislator to overcome them. Both have recognized that entries in distributed ledgers may fulfill the same main functions as the possession of a physical document. While the focus of the selective legal adaptations in Switzerland is on the use of DLT and securities law, the Liechtenstein legislator strives towards a holistic legal and regulatory framework for the entire token economy by introduction of a new set of rules.