Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Issue: Rumor v. Italy

The article focuses on the recent developments as regards domestic violence within the context of the Council of Europe. Since 2007 the European Court of Human Rights has issued a series of important judgments in cases involving domestic violence. The most recent of these is Rumor v. Italy, in which the Court issued its judgment on 27 May 2014. The article analyses this case in the context of the Court’s previous jurisprudence on domestic violence. In addition, on 1 August 2014 the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence entered into force, and the article will include a number of reflections on the potential held by this Convention. No violation of the European Convention on Human Rights was found in Rumor, however the question of whether Italy would have been in breach of the provisions of the new Convention, to which it is a party, had this Convention been in force at the time of the relevant events, will be examined.

Crafting Modern Design in Italy, from Post-War to Postmodernism

The years between 1945 and the early 1980s are the most celebrated in Italy’s design history. From the rhetoric of reconstruction to the postmodern provocations of the Memphis design collective, Italy’s architects played a vital role in shaping the country’s encounter with post-war modernity. Yet as often as this story has been told, it is incomplete. Craft was vital to the realisation of post-war Italian design, and an area of intense creativity in its own right, and yet has been marginalised and excluded in design historiography.

Blending adaptive governance and institutional theory to explore urban resilience and sustainability strategies in the Rome Metropolitan Area, Italy

Adaptive governance is an emerging theory in natural resource management. This paper addresses a gap in the literature by exploring the potential of adaptive governance for delivering resilience and sustainability in the urban context. We explore emerging challenges to transitioning to urban resilience and sustainability: bringing together multiple scales and institutions; facilitating a social-ecological-systems approach and; embedding social and environmental equity into visions of urban sustainability and resilience. Current approaches to adaptive governance could be helpful for addressing these first two challenges but not in addressing the third. Therefore, this paper proposes strengthening the institutional foundations of adaptive governance by engaging with institutional theory. We explore this through empirical research in the Rome Metropolitan Area, Italy. We argue that explicitly engaging with these themes could lead to a more substantive urban transition strategy and contribute to adaptive governance theory.

Characterisation of physiological conditions and evaluation of well-being in two species of bivalve molluscs (Ruditapes philippinarum and Chamelea gallina) intensively exploited in coastal and lagoon areas of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Tese de Doutoramento, Ecologia, Especialidade de Ecofisiologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2007

Private school quality in Italy

Private school enrolment may lead to worse subsequent performance in further education or in the labour market. If students differ in their ability not only to pay but to take advantage of educational opportunities (“talent” for short), private schools attract a worse pool of students when publicly funded schools are better suited to foster progress by more talented students. In the data we analyze, the impact of observable talent proxies on educational and labour market outcomes is indeed more positive for students who (endogenously) choose to attend public schools than for those who choose to pay for private education.

Biogeographic and palaeoclimatic relationships of the Middle Pliocene ichthyofauna of the Samoggia Torrent (Bologna, Italy)

New Middle Pliocene ichthyofauna (2.4-2.2 Ma) from central-eastern Italy (Samoggia Torrent, Bologna) are described. These ichthyolites were found in a rather thin laminated layer that was deposited after the 2.4 Ma climatic crisis. The origin of this deposit, in which 31 taxa have been classified, is to be related to anoxic events on a regional and, probably, supraregional scale. This ichthyofaunistic association, which consists of living genera, is characterized by a clearcut predominance of mesopelagic species. The palaeoclimatic characters of these ichthyofauna indicate subtropical-type waters, while from a palaeobiogeographic point of view there is a close relationship with the present-day Atlantic-Mediterranean bioprovince. The Samoggia deposit has yielded six taxa that are absent or only occasionally present in the Mediterranean: one of these, Spratelloides gracilis, is exclusive of the Indo-Pacific bioprovince.

Market expansion and the co-opetition of criminal organizations in Italy

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Analysis of factors and drivers in graduates success among Portugal, India and Italy

Field lab: Business project

Analysis of factors and drivers in graduates success among Portugal, India and Italy- extracurricular activities before university

Field lab: Business project

Taxonomical and biogeographical problems in Mediterranean shrews of the genus Crocidura (Mammalia, Insectivora) with reference to a new karyotype from Sicily (Italy)

Shrews of the genus Crocidura from Sicily revealed a new karyotype from Europe: 2n = 36, NF = 56, NFa = 52. With reference to the revision of Vesmanis (1976), this shrew is provisionally attributed to C. caudata Miller, 1901 and it is proposed to call it the "Sicilian shrew". Its chromosome complement is similar to that of shrews from Canary Islands and a species from Burundi (Central Africa), suggesting that it might have split off from a line of Paleotropical origin. Following these findings, the modern concept of Mediterranean island colonization by shrews must be revised. The distinctive characteristics of Mediterranean shrews should also be revised.

R. Palazzo di Caser.ta : [vue générale des jardins et du palais royal de Caserte] : [peinture]

Collectionneur : Lesouëf, Auguste (1829-1906)

Interno di Palazzo Vecchio. Firenze : [peinture] / Arrighi

Collectionneur : Lesouëf, Auguste (1829-1906)

Recueil de lettres et de pièces originales, et de copies de pièces indiquées comme telles dans le dépouillement qui suit.

Contient : 1 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE, duchesse de Ferrare... au roy [Henry II]. 1553 » ; 2 « Instructione di MARGARITA D'AUSTRIA à Montemerlo, di quello ha a negotiare in Francia con la Mta del re chrmo. 1551 » ; 3 Lettre, en latin, du pape JULES III au roi Henri II. « Ex palatio nostro apostolico, die IIII julii M.D.L » ; 4 Lettre de « ROBERT DE LA MARCK,... à monsieur le conestable [Anne de Montmorency]... De Pavye, montant en barque, ce XXIIIIe avril 1550 » ; 5 Lettre de « F[RANÇOIS], cardinal DE TOURNON,... à monseigneur le connestable... De Rome, le VIe d'octobre M.V.C.L » ; 6 Lettre, en français et en italien, d'« HIP[POLITO], cardinale DI FERRARA,... au roy... A Rome, ce XXIXe jour d'aoust 1550 » ; 7 Lettre de D'« URFE,... au roy... De Rome, ce XXIXme jour d'aoust 1550 » ; 8 Lettre de D'« URFE,... au roy... De Rome, ce XVIIIe d'octobre 1550 » ; 9 « Instruction au Sr de Camby, depesché devers le roy par nous cardinal de Tournon et de Selve, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté à Venise... Faict à Venise, le dix huictme de decembre M.V.C.LI » ; 10 Lettre, en italien, d'« el duca DI FERRARA [HERCULE D'EST] al re chrmo... Di Ferrara, alli XVII di giugno 1553 » ; 11 Lettre, en italien, d'« el duca DI FERRARA,... alli illmo Mor il car. di Lorena et Mor il duca di Guisa,... Di Ferrare, 5 di octobre 1553 » ; 12 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE,... duchesse de Ferrare,... à mon cousin monseigneur le duc de Montmorency, per et connestable de France... De Consandollo, le XXIIIe jour d'avril 1553 » ; 13 Lettre d'« HIP[POLITO] carle DI FERRARA,... à monsieur le connestable... A Tivoly, ce XIIIme jour de septembre 1550 » ; 14 Lettre, en italien, d'« il conte DELLA MIRANDOLA,... al re chrmo... Della Mirandola, il VII di giugno M.D.LIII » ; 15 Lettre d'« il conte DELLA MIRANDOLA,... all' illmo Sr il duca di Momorensi, gran pere et conestabile di Francia... Della Mirandola, il VII di giugno M.D.LIII » ; 16 Lettre, en italien, d'« OTTAVIO FARNESE [duc DE PARME], a la sacra chrma Mta... Di Parma, a li II di giugno 1553 » ; 17 Lettre, en italien, d'« OTTAVIO FARNESE [duc DE PARME] al' illme sigor mio monsor il conestabile di Francia... Di Parma, a li XXIII di agosto 1553 » ; 18 Lettre, en italien, de « madame la duchesse DE CASTRES,... al re chrmo... Di Valentano, a li XVIII di settemb. M.D.LIII » ; 19 Lettre, en italien, d'« OTTAVIO FARNESE,... al' illmo monsor monseigneur il conestabile di Francia... Di Parma, a li XXV di giugno 1553 » ; 20 « Memoire particulier donné au Sr Cornelio Bentivoille, pour presenter au roy ou à monseigneur le connestable, de la part de monseigneur de Termes,... Faict à Chioze, le XVIIIe jour de juillet 1553 » ; 21 Lettre d'« HIP[POLITO], cardinale DI FERRARA,... au roy... A Ferrare, ce IXme jour de mars 1552 » ; 22 Lettre, en italien, d'« ALPHONSO DE ESTE,... all' illmo Ser mio il duca di Monmoransy, par et conestabile di Francia... Di Ferrara, il XXVII di feb° M.LVII » ; 23 « Coppie du traicté de la prorogation de suspension que le pape [Jules III] a accordée en 1552 ». En italien ; 24 Lettre, en italien, de « madame la duchesse DE CASTRES,... all' illmo Sor mio il Sr conestabile di Francia... Di Valentano, a li XVIII di settembre M.D.LIII » ; 25 Lettre de D'« URFE,... au roy... De Rome, ce XXXme jour d'aoust 1550 » ; 26 Lettre, en italien, d'« ALFONSO DE ESTE,... al re... Di Ferrara, il XXVII di febro M.LVII » ; 27 Lettre, en italien, d'« il cardinale DI SERMONETA,... al christianissimo re di Francia... Di Roma, il di XXX di settembre M.D.LIII » ; 28 Lettre, en italien, d'« il cap° di pop° e deputati a la difesa della liberta di Siena » au connétable Anne de Montmorency. « De la citta nostra di Montalc[in]o, il di XX d'ottobre M.D.LVI » ; 29 Lettre de D'« URFE » au connétable Anne de Montmorency. « De Rome, ce XIXe jour d'octobre 1550 » ; 30 Lettre, en italien, d'« il conte DELLA MIRANDOLA » au roi. « Della Mirandola, il XXV di febraro M.LII » ; 31 Lettre, en italien, d'« il capno del populo et reggimento de la repca sen. » au roi. « Del palazzo pubco sen., a XIII d'aprile M.D.LIII » ; 32 Lettre, en italien, d'« HIP[POLITO], carle DI FERRARA,... all' illmo duca di Momoransi, conestabile di Francia... Di Ferrara, il X di novembre 1556 » ; 33 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE, duchesse de Ferrare... au roy... De Ferrare, le IXe jour de decembre 1556 » ; 34 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE,... à mon cousin monseigneur le duc de Montmorency, per et connestable de France... De Ferrare, le XXVIIe jour de fevrier 1557 » ; 35 Lettre d'« HONORET DE CAYS,... au roy... De Lixbonne, ce premier jour de apvril 1556 » ; 36 Lettre d'« HONORET DE CAYS,... à monseigneur de Montmoransi,... De Lixbonne, ce premier jour de apvril 1556 » ; 37 Lettre, en italien, du « rettore et conseglio di Raugia » au roi. « Da Raugia, el di XII di luglio M.D.LVI » ; 38 Minute de lettre adressée à « monseigneur de Soubize »