Dear members of the UM Community,
With spring on the way, the University Council has been busy with a range of policies and issues that will shape the future of our university. At our most recent plenary, the Council formulated its advice on the Human Rights Due Diligence Framework and the Transition...
On the 3rd of February 2025, the Law & Popular Culture Research Network hosted the discussion panel “Whatever Happened to TikTok?”, aimed at diving into the current political and social developments around this platform. Moderator Livia Solaro welcomed experts Valentina Golunova, Jerry Spanakis, Kon...
On Wednesday 29th January, M-EPLI welcomed Prof. dr. Toshiyuki Kono, Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Kyushu University, Japan. The event was moderated by Dr. Daniel On, followed by an insightful commentary by Prof. dr. Marta Pertegas and discussion with the participants.
To uphold the right to freedom of expression and information, it is essential that ‘public watchdogs’, including journalists, academics, bloggers, human rights activists, and NGOs can expose and highlight social issues, such as corruption and violations of fundamental rights. However, there has been...
On September 28, 2022, the European Commission proposed the AI Liability Directive (AILD) as part of its strategy to create a unified regulatory framework for AI technologies in Europe. The Product Liability Directive (PLD), proposed at the same time, has since garnered acceptance and was adopted...
In recent weeks the tax world gave a lot of attention to how President Trump blew up some serious advancements in international tax law, long in the making. One of those advancements was the introduction of a minimum tax on profits of the largest multinational corporations, ensuring that they pay at...
Dear members of the UM Community,
With the new year in full swing, the University Council has gotten back to work. While there are undoubtedly many challenges facing us, our belief in the process of university democracy gives us faith that, together with the Executive Board, we can do what is best...
In this blog, Michele Ubertone aims to show that the cognitive and rational skills that are involved in role-playing are also at the heart of legal practice. Cognitive developments we all go through in the early stages of our lives, train and develop a distinctive cognitive ability, a form of...
Legal science evolves in many ways. Academic curiosity is an important drive in that evolution, opening paths of exploration and igniting awareness on the needs of society. Curiosity–in all its forms–deals with exploring, discovering, and learning towards acquiring new knowledge. Its etymology...
In March 2022, as part of efforts to address the triple planetary crisis, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the negotiation of an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution – the Plastics Treaty. Negotiations began...
