No. 2 (2026)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15168/2284-4503-20262

Published: 2026-07-28

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Editorial

Population Decline and New Family Models

Lorenzo Chieffi

1-8
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Focus on

Not All Children Are Well Accepted, Nor Are All Parents

Chiara Saraceno

9-14
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Causes and Dangers of Population Blindness: Why Does the Evidence of the Crisis not Elicit Adequate Reactions to the Intensity of the Challenge? Does the Istat Forecasting Methodology Risk Limiting the Phenomenon to Inland Areas and Southern Italy?

Marco Esposito

15-25
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Mediterranean Welfare and Constitutional Tensions: Family, Territorial Disparities, and Anti-Poverty Measures in Light of Demographic Dynamics

Rosanna Fattibene

27-41
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The Constitution and Families: A Relationship in Constant “Transformation”

Paolo Veronesi

43-66
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From the Order of Being to the Order of Freedom: Philosophical Gleanings Around the Family

Emilia D’Antuono

67-83
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The Surname Compass: Charting the “Family” and Its Rights

Cinzia Piciocchi

85-97
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The Constitutional Function of Marriage Between Positive Constraints and Social Evolution

Raffaele Manfrellotti

99-106
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Adoption by Single Individuals in Italy: Historical Development, Legal Evolution, and Comparative Perspectives with the Spanish Legal System

Stella Nacca

107-132
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Gender Affirmation and the Transformation of Family Structures

Lucia Busatta

133-147
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The Limitations of Fundamental Rights and Respect for Their Essential Content in the Affective Relationships of Transgender People

Luigi Ferraro

149-168
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Who Is a Parent? Reflections on Plural Models of Filiation between Legislative Silence and Constitutional Court Intervention

Andrea Patroni Griffi

169-180
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The Fate of Cryopreserved Embryos between Itineraries Case Law and de Iure Condendo Perspectives

Raffaele Picaro

181-192
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Post-Mortem Procreation: Between Legislative Shortcomings and Jurisprudential Substitution

Franca Meola

193-208
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New “Geographies” of Family Life: Migration and the Legal Boundaries of the Family

Marta Tomasi

209-224
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Focus on - Proceedings

Introduction

Valentina Calderai, Erica Palmerini

225-227
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The “Gift of the Body to Science” After Law no. 10/2020: Towards a Legal Framework for Brain Tissue Research

Valentina Calderai, Erica Palmerini

229-246
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Consent in Body Donation for Scientific Research Between Self-Determination and Solidarity

Viola Cappelli, Maria Elena Lippi

247-272
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“Access Costs” and the Governance of Post-Mortem Tissues

Andrea Gorini

273-283
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Body Donation and Data Protection: Comparative Issues

Roberto D’Orazio

285-302
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From Primary Tissues to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Organoids: Legal Profiles

Matteo Macilotti

303-322
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Research Biobanks and Consent Models: Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of the European Health Data Space

Andrea Parziale

323-343
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Artifical Intelligence and Law - Focus on

Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: The Perspective of Italian Administrations, Between Digital Sovereignty and Environmental Sustainability

Giulia Fantoni, Marina Rallo

345-376
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Artificial Intelligence and the Public Sector: Outstanding Issues

Barbara Marchetti, Nicoletta Rangone

377-392
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Artifical Intelligence and Law - Essays

AI Companions for Mental Health: Regulatory Qualification Between Intended Use and Functional Reality. Comparative Remarks Between the EU and the US

Francesca Gennari, Sofia Palmieri

393-415
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Do the EHDS, GDPR and AI Act Protect Against the Risk of Discrimination in DQUL-Based Health Technology Assessment?

Sabire Sanem Yılmaz, Andrea Parziale

417-443
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The Impact of Surveillance Biometric Technologies on Fundamental Human Rights: A Comparative Study of China and Canada

Antonella Benedetto

445-467
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Digital Data Sovereignty: Law and Democracy in the Algorithmic Age

Elisa Sorrentino

469-485
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Essays

Neurodata and European Law: On the Structural Incapacity of the Current Regulatory Framework to Protect the Cognitive Sphere

Salvatore Tirrito

487-500
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The European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion”. Brief Reflections on Reproductive Rights and Women’s Self-Determination in a Time of Revisionist Backlash

Adele Del Guercio

501-525
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Territorial Inequalities in Access to Healthcare and Their Effects on Women’s Labour: A Constitutional Perspective From the Italian and Spanish Cases

Anastasia Granato

527-551
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Ageism, Autonomy, and Justice in Healthcare and Clinical Research: A Structured Narrative Review of Bioethical and Legal-Governance Implications Beyond Chronological Age

Paolo Bailo, Marilyn Cennamo, Tommaso Spasari, Giovanna Ricci

553-571
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The Possibility for Same-Sex Couples and Single Individuals to Access Medically Assisted Reproduction: Towards What Concept of Family?

Giulia Sulpizi

573-627
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Egg Freezing: A New Flight Route for the Stork?

Matteo Bursi, Veronica Palladini

629-637
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Open Reflections Starting From the New Regulation on Surrogacy (Law No. 169/2024)

Gabriele Pio Prosperi

639-658
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Applicant’s Position Between Individual Rights and Legitimate Interests

Emanuele Talarico

659-684
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From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism: Emerging Paradigms in EU Environmental Law in the Light of the Mar Menor Case

Denis Cianconi

685-698
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PFAS in the Agri-Food Chain: The Precautionary Principle in the Age of “Forever Chemicals”

Luca Leone

699-735
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