Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers

Welcome to the website of Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers, in short Bocconi Legal Papers. Bocconi Legal Papers is the world’s first legal working paper series and Italy’s first ever legal publication venue to be edited and operated by current law students. Its mission is to offer visibility to the works of law undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. The reasoning behind this new resource is that the possibility of publishing serious – yet preliminary – research in the form of working papers can be a means for young scholars to confront themselves with the task of publication with greater serenity. An article doesn’t have to be "ready" entirely and all at once, but the publication process can be taken on "piecemeal" – by pausing to listen to the opinions of teachers and fellow students – in order to eventually yield works of greater quality: one needs a smooth path to learn how to walk. Hence, even a student-edited working paper series like Bocconi Legal Papers can play a positive role in the improvement of legal scholarship for the incentive it provides to constructive confrontation. Ultimately, the hope is that this small contribution might promote a culture of scholarly openness which is a necessary prerequisite for the advancement of knowledge and the improvement of society at large.

Sincerely,

Luigi Russi 
Founding Editor