The Department of Law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia perpetuates the tradition of the study of law in the city of Modena: a tradition that can be traced back to 1175, when Pillio da Medicina left Bologna and went to teach law in Modena, thus officially inaugurating the Studium Iuris Mutiniensis. Among the students and professors of the legal sciences in Modena are counted some first-rate names, including, for example, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Carlo Goldoni, as well as – among the distinguished jurists of the last century – “Beato Angelico” Contardo Ferrini, who was also its Dean, and, more recently, Santi Romano, who later became president of the Council of State. The Modena and Reggio Emilia Unit is the coordinator of the project and is composed by experts and scholars of Constitutional and Public Law.
TEAM UNIMORE
PROF. FEDERICO PEDRINI
Federico Pedrini is the PI of the project. He is a full professor in Constitutional Law at the Department of Law of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Several times DAAD scholarship holder, from 2012 to 2014 he is a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Faculty of Law of the Freie Universität Berlin, where he leads research on general constitutional clauses. Author of numerous essays and three monographs, he has spoken at numerous national and international seminars and study meetings and has held courses in Public Law Institutions, Theory of Constitutional Interpretation, Regional Law and Information and Communication Law, as well as in Constitutional Law.
DR. MATTEO CALDIRONI
Matteo Caldironi holds a PhD from the University of Bologna. Formerly a Land Steiermark Fellow at the Karl-Franzens-Universität (Graz), since 2022 he has been a Research Fellow at the research fellow at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Speaker at conferences in Italy and abroad and author of publications on the relationship between the Constitutional Court and legislature and on new forms of parenthood, he has participated in projects, including international ones, most recently the project Just Parent. Legal Protection for Social Parenthood funded by the EU.
The Department of Law was created on October 1, 2015 by the merger of the two previous law departments: the Department of National and International Legal Sciences and the Department of Legal Systems. The Department of Law has always combined research quality and teaching excellence. A point of reference in the development of national and international legal science, thanks to a class of professors active in local, national and European institutions and able to contribute to the definition of policy and legislative directions, the Department offers innovative teaching both in teaching methodology (through, for example, the use of e-learning platforms, competitive seminars, legal clinics) and content. A marked openness to internationalization, a focus on training that is not only theoretical, a vocation for orientation processes, and a constant dialogue with stakeholders enable Law courses to provide the jurist of the third millennium with knowledge and skills capable of responding to the new and diversified needs of the labor market. The value of the research carried out by the faculty, which is interdisciplinary and open to dialogue between knowledge, is attested by the recognition by the MIUR of “Department of Excellence.” This is an achievement that places the Department’s scientific production among the best in Italy, a consequence of the excellent results achieved in the two previous VQR (Research Quality Assessment) procedures. In recent years the Department has experienced continuous growth: professors, research fellows, PhD students constitute a scientific community, united by the common goal of offering students a “collaborative education”. At the same time, the aim is to contribute, through research and dissemination activities, to national and international legal-social development, education towards active citizenship and the growth of a culture of legality.
TEAM UNIMIB
PROF. VALENTINA PICCININI
Valentina Piccinini is Professor in Private Law. She is a well known expert on Family law, civil partnerships and personal rights protection. She is the author of numerous studies, essays, commentaries, publications and courses focusing on the new social formations, civil partnerships and children’s protection, even in a comparative perspective. She is currently working on a book on social parenthood. She is the Scientific Coordinator of MURST projects, as “Il principio di eguaglianza nel diritto privato” and “L’attribuzione dello status filiationis nella procreazione medicalmente assistita”.
PROF. GIANDOMENICO DODARO
Giandomenco Dodaro received his law degree with full marks and honors in November 1998 from the University of Milan-Bicocca, discussing a dissertation with Prof. Domenico Maria Pulitanò on “Models of criminal protection of the environment.” He continued his studies by collaborating in scientific and teaching activities at the criminal law chairs of the Faculty of Law of the same University. In 2002, he was admitted to the bar. In 2003 he was awarded a doctorate degree in Italian and Comparative Criminal Law at the University of Pavia with a thesis on “Principle of Equality and the Criminal System in the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court.” In 2004 he was the winner in the competition for Researcher of Criminal Law for an indefinite term, announced by the Faculty of Law of the University of Milan-Bicocca. He teach Juvenile Criminal Law in the Faculty (now School) of Law of the University of Milan-Bicocca: since a.y. 2005-2006 he was the holder of Module B; since a.y. 2009-2010 he is the sole holder of the teaching. He has been teaching Criminal Law (a.y. 2009-2010) and Criminal Law. Progressed Course (a.y. 2008-2009) in the Faculty of Law of the University of Milan-Bicocca, and lecturer in Information Communication Law in the Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Milan, Crema campus (a.y. 2004-2005). He has been a lecturer in Legal and Insurance Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca (from a.y. 2003-2004 to a.y. 2007-2008). He has been a lecturer in numerous master’s degrees and training courses, organized by public institutions or professional firms, particularly on deontology and professional responsibility of psychiatrists and psychologists.
DR. STEFANIA PIA PERRINO
Stefania Pia Perrino is a Postdoctoral Researcher and PhD in Private Law at the University of Milano Bicocca. Her areas of research are artificial reproduction techniques, embryos and reproductive cells nature and disputes, medical liability and family law.
DR. AMAL ALQAWASMI
Amal Alqawasmi is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She has been awarded her second PhD in legal sciences, curriculum law and pluralism from the School of Law at the University of Milano–Bicocca, while her first PhD was in jurisprudence and its foundations from The University of Jordan. Her main research interests are family law, religious diversity, comparative legal studies, and human rights.