2011 Working Papers

Harmonization of International Commercial Contract Law:
The Case of International Distribution Agreements

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-07/EN by GABRIELE RUSCALLA Private international law and contract law have often been subject to certain degrees of harmonization, at federal, regional and international levels. As a matter of fact, the growing of globalization, the increase of transnational commercial contractual relations, the developments in telecommunications and technologies, the collapse [...]


The Criminalization of Lying:
Under What Circumstances, if any, Should Lies be Made Criminal?

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-06/EN by BRYAN H. DRUZIN This paper argues that lying should be a crime. In doing so we propose the creation of a wholly new category of crime, which we term “egregious lying causing serious harm.” The paper has two broad objectives: the first is to make the case [...]


Labour Rights in a Globalised World: What Future?
Higher Standards or “Race to the Bottom”?

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-05/EN by FRANCESCO MONTANARO & LUIGI TESTA This paper tries to assess the impact of economic globalization on national labour law. The liberalization of movement of capitals, goods and services created a competition between developed and developing countries. Developed countries in order to not lose this new challenge started [...]


Clarifying the View of the Cathedral:
the Four Dimensions of the Framework and the Calabresi Theorem

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-04/EN by CHRISTOPHER M. DUNN It is well-known that policymakers have two basic levers to influence behavior, the carrot and the stick, or incentives and penalties. What is not common knowledge, even among policymakers, is that there are two broader levers than incentives and penalties that can influence behavior. [...]


L’Azione Di Riduzione Nei Confronti Del Donatario Che Non Sia Più In Possesso Del Bene

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-03/IT by FEDERICO MOTTOLA LUCANO Nel vigente codice civile è possibile riscontrare la presenza di un impianto di norme imperative poste a tutela dei diritti successori dei legittimarii. A tali soggetti l’ordinamento riconosce il diritto, sussistendone i presupposti, di agire nei confronti dei beneficiari delle disposizioni lesive della quota [...]


Il Regolamento CE 593/2008 Sulla Legge Applicabile Alle Obbligazioni Contrattuali (“Roma I”) – Ovverosia una Grande Occasione Perduta

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-02/IT by MICHAEL JOACHIM BONELL Con l'approvazione del Regolamento 593/2008 nello stesso momento in cui, in Europa viene pubblicata la versione definitiva del DCFR, vera e propria codificazione del diritto europeo dei contratti e delle obbligazioni contrattuali ed extracontrattuali, e a livello mondiale UNCITRAL avalla formalmente i Principi UNIDROIT [...]


World Law Vs Global Law: Legal Models for the World Economy.
A Non-Western Approach to Law and ADR as a Resource for South-South, South-East Business Relations

Bocconi Sch. L. Student-Ed. Papers, No. 2011-01/EN by IGNAZIO CASTELLUCCI The following paper aims to foster the development and use of alternative legal models which can be employed in the modern world economy. The positive aspects, which indeed may prove very useful in transnational economic activities, of such alternative models will be revealed through the [...]