Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons (Springer 2023) (with Alessandra Quarta, Filippo Valguarnera, & Ryan J. Fisher) (Ius Comparatum: Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol. 59).
The Chinese Advantage in Emergency Law, 21 Global Jurist 1 (2021) (with Liu Guanghua & Emanuele Ariano). FULLTEXT
Commons as Possessions: The Path to Protection of the Commons in the ECHR System, 25 Eur. L.J. 230 (2019). URL
Communology: The Emergence of a Social Theory of the Commons, 118 S. Atl. Q. 725 (2019) (with Mark Mancall). URL
Comparative Law, Geopolitics, and the Conflict in Palestine: Disciplined Disengagement and the Commons Solution, Global Jurist 2018-0008 (2018). FULLTEXTURL
Diritto, Capitale e Limiti, 26 Parolechiave 115 (2018).
Théorie du Droit. Principles of Legal Commoning, 42 Revue Juridique de l’Environnement 67 (2017) (with Alessandra Quarta). FULLTEXTURL
The Cold War and Comparative Law: A Reflection on the Politics of Intellectual Discipline, 65 Am. J. Comp. L. 567 (2017). FULLTEXTURL
Hard Civil Code now!: notas críticas sobre las propuestas de codificación civil de rango europeo, 15 Ius et Veritas 346 (2015). FULLTEXTURL
Right to the City or Urban Commoning: Thoughts on the Generative Transformation of Property Law, 1 Italian L.J. 303 (2015) (with Alessandra Quarta). FULLTEXT
Comparative Law and Critical Legal Studies, 6 Constituição, Economia E Desenvolvimento 250 (2014). URL
I Beni Comuni fra Economia, Diritto e Filsofia, 7 SpazioFilosofico 111 (2013). URL
Protecting the Commons: Water, Culture, and Nature: The Commons Movement in the Italian Struggle against Neoliberal Governance, 112 S. Atl. Q. 366 (2013). URL
Social Movements as Constituent Power: The Italian Struggle for the Commons, 20 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud. 965 (2013) (with Saki Bailey). FULLTEXT
Una primavera di movimento per la funzione sociale della proprietà privata, 31 RCDP 531 (2013).
The Evil Technology Hypothesis: A Deep Ecological Reading of International Law, 2012 Cardozo L. Rev. de novo 263 (2012) (with Luigi Russi). FULLTEXT
Comparative International Law, 36 Brook. J. Int'l L. 385 (2011) (with Boris N. Mamlyuk). FULLTEXTSSRN
A "Social Dimension" in European Private Law? The Call for Setting a Progressive Agenda, 41 New Eng. L. Rev. 1 (2006) (with Fernanda Nicola) (reprinted at 7(1) Global Jurist Frontiers Art. 2 (2007)). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Peruvian Civil Code, Property and Plunder: Time for a Latin American Alliance to Resist the Neo Liberal Order, 5(1) Global Jurist Topics Art. 3 (2005). FULLTEXT
The Rise and Fall of Law and Economics: An Essay for Judge Guido Calabresi, 64 Md. L. Rev. 220 (2005). FULLTEXT
Social Justice in European Contract Law: A Manifesto, 10 Eur. L.J. 653 (2004) (with Gert Brueggemeier, Mauro Bussani, Hugh Collins et al.). FULLTEXTSSRN
La Reforma del Diritto Societario Italiano: Una Nuova Ricezione Acustica?, 101 RDC e DGO 615 (2003).
A Theory of Imperial Law: A Study on U.S. Hegemony and the Latin Resistance, 10 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud. 383 (2002) (reprinted at 3(2) Global Jurist Frontiers Art. 1 (2003)). FULLTEXT
Aquale Codice Civile Per l'Europa?, 20 RCDP 3 (2002).
Foreign Inspired Courts as Agencies of Peace in Troubled Societies: A Plea for Realism and for Creativity, 2(1) Global Jurist Topics Art. 1 (2002). FULLTEXT
Hard Code Now!, 2(1) Global Jurist Frontiers Art. 1 (2002) (reprinted as Hard Minimal Code Now!: A Critique of 'Softness' and a Plea for Responsibility in the European Debate Over Codification, in An Academic Green Paper on European Contract Law 215 (Stefan Grundmann & Jules Stuyck eds., Kluwer Law Int'l 2002)). FULLTEXT
Some Realism About Comparativism: Comparative Law Teaching in the Hegemonic Jurisdiction, 50 Am. J. Comp. L. Supp. 87 (2002). FULLTEXT
Basic Issues of Private Law Codification in Europe: Trust, 1(1) Global Jurist Frontiers Art. 5 (2001). FULLTEXT
Comparative Law and Economics: Borrowing and Resistance, 1(2) Global Jurist Frontiers Art. 5 (2001) (with Alberto Monti). FULLTEXT
Desesvolvimentos Institutionais do Dereito de Proprietade, 2(6) RTDC 99 (2001).
Legal Systems in Distress: HIV–contaminated Blood, Path Dependency and Legal Change, 1(2) Global Jurist Advances Art. 4 (2001). FULLTEXT
Sul Treno (Ma Di Chi?) Con il Bigiletto, 19 RCDP 135 (2001).
The Art and Science of Critical Scholarship: Postmodernism and International Style in the Legal Architecture of Europe, 75 Tul. L. Rev. 1053 (2001) (with Anna di Robilant) (reprinted in 10 Eur. Rev. Private L. 29 (2002)). FULLTEXT
U.S. Jurisdiction Over Conflicts Arising Outside of the United States: Some Hegemonic Implications, 24 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 381 (2001) (with Jeffrey Lena) (reprinted as United States Jurisdiction Over Conflicts Arising Outside of the US. Some Hegemonic Implications, 1(2) Global Jurist Topics Art. 5 (2001)). FULLTEXT
Efficiency and Equal Protection in the New European Contract Law: Mandatory, Default and Enforcement Rules, 39 Va. J. Int'l L. 537 (1999). FULLTEXT
A Transaction Costs Approach to the European Civil Code, 5 Eur. Rev. Private L. 537 (1998). URL
An Opportunity Not to be Missed: The Future of Comparative Law in the United States, 46 Am. J. Comp. L. 709 (1998). FULLTEXT
II Problema della Codificazione: Civile Europea e la Cultura Giuridica. Pregiudizi, Strategie e Sviluppi, CIEur 207 (1998).
Introduction, 46 Am. J. Comp. L. 597 (1998) (with Mathias Reimann). FULLTEXT
The Functions of Trust Law: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 434 (1998) (with Henry Hansmann). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Issue of European Civil Codification and Legal Scholarship: Biases, Strategies and Developments, 21 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 883 (1998). FULLTEXT
Trust Law in the United States: A Basic Study of Its Special Contribution, 46 Am. J. Comp. L. Supp. 133 (1998) (with Henry Hansmann). FULLTEXT
The Common Core Approach to European Private Law, 3 Colum. J. Eur. L. 339 (1997) (with Mauro Bussani). FULLTEXT
The Copernican Revolution in Jurisprudence: In Loving Memory of Rudolf B. Schlesinger, Mentor and Friend, 20 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 223 (1997). FULLTEXT
Three Patterns of Law: Taxonomy and Change in the World's Legal Systems, 45 Am. J. Comp. L. 5 (1997). FULLTEXT
Alcune Riflessioni su Struttura Proprietaria e Mercato, 14 RCDP ___ (1996).
Analisi Economica Giuridica e Comparata delle Clausole Penali nei Contratti, 14 RCDP ___ (1996).
Protecting Possession, 44 Am. J. Comp. L. 293 (1996) (with James Gordley). FULLTEXT
Codifying Property Law in the Process of Transition: Some Suggestions from Comparative Law and Economics, 19 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 117 (1995) (with Gianmaria Ajani). FULLTEXT
Rudolf Schlesinger e la Scienza Giuridica, 41 RDC ___ (1995).
The Comparative Law and Economics of Penalty Clauses in Contract, 43 Am. J. Comp. L. 427 (1995) (Festshrift for Rudolf B. Schlesinger). FULLTEXT
Efficiency as Equity: Insights from Comparative Law and Economics, 18 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 157 (1994). FULLTEXT
Efficiency in Legal Transplants: An Essay in Comparative Law and Economics, 14 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 3 (1994). WL
Etnocentrismo, Neutralita, e Discriminazione: Tensioni nel Diritto Occidentale, 146 Giurisprudenza Italiana 223 (1994).
Why the Wind Changed: Intellectual Leadership in Western Law, 42 Am. J. Comp. L. 195 (1994). FULLTEXT
Faculty Recruitment in Italy: Two Sides of the Moon, 41 Am. J. Comp. L. 427 (1993) (with P.G. Monateri). FULLTEXT
Foreward: The Faces of Academia, 41 Am. J. Comp. L. 351 (1993) (with P.G. Monateri). FULLTEXT
Ai Confini della Terra Promessa: Immigrazione, Poverta, Razzismo ed i Limiti del Diritto, 115 Foro Italiano 458 (1992).
Attrazione Fatale, 144 Giurisprudenza Italiana 146 (1992).
Law and Economics in Civil Law Countries: A Comparative Law Approach, 11 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 265 (1991) (with Roberto Pardolesi). WL
Ripensando il Rapporto fra Diritto Inglese e Diritto Americano: l'Esempio dei Torts, 8 Quadrimestre ___ (1991).
Judicial Responsibility in Italy: A New Statute, 38 Am. J. Comp. L. 103 (1990) (with Michele Graziadei). FULLTEXT
L' Imperialismo del Writ of Certiorari: il Tramonto della Giurisdizione Obbligatoria nella U.S. Supreme Court, 36 RDC 131 (1990).
Socialist and Non-Socialist Approaches to Land Law: Continuity and Change in Somalia and Other African States, 16 Rev. Socialist L. 17 (1990). FULLTEXT
Forma e Contratto di Assicurazione nell' Esperienza Statunitense, 53 RCP 610 (1988).
Diritto e Rimedio nell Esperienza Italiana ed in Quella Statunitense: Un Primo Aproccio, 4 Quadrimestre 341 (1987).
Il Code Domanial et Foncier della Repubblica Popolare del Congo, 33 RDC 77 (1987) (with Michele Graziadei).
l'Insegnamento del Diritto Comparato, 40 RTDPC 731 (1986) (with Michele Graziadei).
I Modelli nella Tutela dell'Ambiente, 31 RDC 389 (1985).
Chiosa in Tema di Patenti Conseguite all Estero, 49 RCP 236 (1984).
Consenso Viziato, Lesione e Abuso della Controparte, 30 RDC 400 (1984) (updated in 34 Rivista di Diritto Civile 653 (1988)).
Considerazioni Intorno Agli Obblighi del Datore di Lavoro ex Art. 2087 Cod.Civ. alla Luce dell Assicurazione Obbligatoria Contro Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro e le Malattie Professionali, 49 RCP 354 (1984).
Della Vocazione della Nostra Epoca per l'Allargamento delle Giurisdizioni Speciali, 49 RCP 537 (1984) (with Pier Giuseppe Monateri).
Ratio Decidendi ed Obiter Dicta in una Decisione dell Appello di Milano, 49 RCP 410 (1984).
Chapters In Books
From Poverty and Development to People’s International Law, inThe Oxford Handbook of International Law and Development 773 (Ruth Buchanan et al. eds., Oxford Academic 2023) (with Margot E. Salomon). URL
What Would a Post-Anthropocentric Legal System Look Like?, inThe Routledge Handbook of International Law and Anthropocentrism 263 (Vincent Chapaux et al. eds., Routledge 2023) (with Michael W. Monterossi). URL
On Coase and Commons, inLe Droit sans Frontières: Mélanges Pour Franz Werro 459 (Eva Maria Belser, Pascal Pichonnaz, & Hubert Stöckli eds., Stämpfli Editions 2022).
Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons, inGeneral Reports of the XXth General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law 23 (Boele-Woelki K., Fernández Arroyo D.P., Senegacnik A. eds., Springer 2020) (with Alessandra Quarta) (Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol. 50). URL
Having, Being, and the Commons, inCo-Designing Economies in Transition 63 (Vincenzo Mario Bruno Giorgino & Zack Walsh eds., Palgrave Macmillan 2018).
Introduction: The Food Commons are Coming and Food as Commons: Towards a New Relationship Between the Public, the Civic and the Private, inRoutledge Handbook of Food as a Commons 1, 373 (Routledge 2018) (with Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, Tomaso Ferrando & Olivier de Schutter). URL
La industria de la armonía y el mercado de la justicia, inLecciones de filosofía del derecho 413 (Yuri Tornero Cruzatt & Ángel Gaspar Chirinos dirs., IDEMSA 2018). URL
The Ecology of International Law: Towards an International Legal S
ystem in Tune with Nature and Community?, inThe Commons and a New Global Governance 212 (Samuel Cogolati & Jan Wouters eds., Edward Elagar 2018).
Beni culturali, beni comuni, estrazione, inPatrimonio culturale: profili giuridici e tecniche di tutela 147 (RomaTrE-Press 2017). URL
Il Poliamore e i Beni Comuni. Primissime Riflessioni, inPrincipi, Regole, Interpretazione. Contratti e Obbligazioni, Amiglie e Successioni. Scritti in Onore di Giovanni Fugiuele 105 (Universitas Studiorum 2017). URL
Future Generations Now! A Commons-Based Analysis, inProtecting Future Generations through Commons 9 (Council of Europe 2013). AMAZON
Eine kurze Phänomenologie der Commons, inCommons. Für eine neue Politik Jenseits von Markt und Staat 70 (Silke Helfrich & Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung eds., Transcript Verlag 2012).
First Thoughts for a Phenomenology of the Commons, inThe Wealth of the Commons: A World Beyond Market & State 37 (David Bollier & Silke Helfrich eds., Levellers Press 2012).
Il Buon Governo del Comune: Prime Riflessioni, inIl Diritto del Comune 210 (Sandro Chignola ed., Ombre Corte 2012). AMAZON
Il Teatro Valle: Un Cammino Ri-Costituente, inViaggio Nell’ Italia Dei Beni Comuni 102 (Marotta & Cafiero 2012).
The Nile Perch in European Private Law, inThe Many Concepts of Social Justice in European Private Law 167 (Hans-W. Micklitz ed., Edward Elgar 2011).
Emergency-Based Predatory Capitalism: The Rule of Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Development, inContemporary States of Emergency: The Politics of Military and Humanitarian Interventions 89 (Didier Fassin & Mariella Pandolfi eds., Zone Books 2010). URL
Access to Justice: A Renewed Global Issue?, inGeneral Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law 383 (Katharina Boele–Woelki & Sjef van Erp eds., Eleven Int'l Pub. 2007).
Property Rights: A Comparative Law and Economics Perspective in the Global Era, inProperty Rights Dynamics: A Law and Economics Perspective 40 (Donatella Porrini & Giovanni Battista Ramello eds., Routledge 2007) (with Andrea Pradi). CATALOG
Comparative Law and Critical Legal Studies, inThe Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law 815 (Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2006). CATALOG
Property Law, inIntroduction to Italian Law 283 (Jeffrey Lena & Ugo Mattei eds., Kluwer Law Int'l 2002) (with Antonio Gambaro). CATALOG
Should Europe Codify Trust?, inThemes in Comparative Law: In Honour of Bernard Rudden 235 (Peter Birks & Arianna Pretto eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2002). CATALOG
Il Diritto Soggettivo, inTrattato di Diritto Civile Diretto a Rodolfo Sacco ___ (Guido Alpa et al. eds, UTET 2001).
The Comparative Jurisprudence of Schlesinger and Sacco: A Study in Legal Influence, inRethinking the Masters of Comparative Law 238 (Annelise Riles ed., Hart Pub. 2001). CATALOG
Comparative Law and Economics, inEncyclopedia of Law and Economics 505 (Edward Elgar 2000) (with Andrea Rossato & Luisa Antoniolli). CATALOG
L'Efficacite et l'Egalité dans le Nouveau Droit des Contrats Européen, Règles Imperatives, Dispositives et Measures Coercitives, inLe Role de la Volonté dans les Actes Juridiques: Études à la Memoire du Professeur Alfred Rieg 597 (Bruylant 2000).
Stati Uniti d'America, in19 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 1 (UTET 1999) (with Elisabetta Grande).
Sud Africa, in19 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 197 (UTET 1999).
The Legal Profession as an Organization: Understanding Changes in Common Law and Civil Law, inLawyers' Practice and Ideals: A Comparative View 157 (John J. Barcelo & Roger C. Cramton eds., Kluwer Law Int'l 1999).
Comparative Law and Economics, in3 The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law 346 (Peter K. Newman ed., Stockton Press 1998) (with Febris Cafaggi). CATALOG
Fatto e Valore: Il Paradosso Ermeneutico dell'Analisi Economica del Diritto, inDiritto, Giustizia e Interpretazione ___ (Jacques Derrida, Gianni Vattimo, & Mauro Bussani eds., Laterza 1998).
II Problema della Codificazione: Civile Europea e la Cultura Giuridica. Pregiudizi, Strategie e Sviluppi, inContratto e Impresa⁄Europa 207 (UTET 1998).
Legal Pluralism, Legal Change, and Economic Development, inNew Law for New States: Politica del Diritto in Eritrea 23 (Lyda Favali, Elisabetta Grande, & Marco Guadagni eds., L' Harmattan Italia 1998).
Property Rights in Civil Law, in3 The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law 157 (Peter K. Newman ed., Stockton Press 1998). CATALOG
Rule of Law, in18 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 123 (UTET 1998).
Making The Other Path Efficient: Economic Analysis and Tort Law in Less Developed Countries, inThe Law and Economics of Development 149 (Edgardo Buscaglia, William Ratliff, & Robert Cooter eds., JAI Press 1997) (with Mauro Bussani). CATALOG
Economic Analysis and European Legal Scholarship, inDealing with Integration: Perspectives from Seminars on European Law 53 (Alessandro Simoni & Iain Cameron eds., Iustus Förlag 1996). CATALOG
Nuova Zelanda, in12 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 331 (UTET 1995) (with Luisa Antoniolli).
The New Ethiopian Constitution: First Thoughts on Ethnical Federalism and the Reception of Western Institutions, inTransplants Innovation and Legal Tradition in the Horn of Africa 111 (Elisabetta Grande ed., L'Harmattan Italia 1995). CATALOG
Dissimilar Form — Similar Substance?: An Economic Framework for Western Property Law, inEuropean Legal Traditions and Israel 197 (A.M. Rabello ed., Nevo Pub. 1994). CATALOG
La Successione Contro la Volonta del Testatore: Radici Profane di una Contrapposizione Sacra fra Common Law e Sistemi Romanisti, inStudi in Onore di Rodolfo Sacco ___ (UTET 1994).
Verso una Tripartizione Non Eurocentrica dei Sistemi Giuridici, inStudi in Memoria di Gino Gorla ___ (UTET 1994).
Gran Bretagna e Irlanda (Regno Unito di), in10 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile ___ (UTET 1993) (with Elisabetta Grande).
Precedente Giudiziario Negli Stati Uniti, inAtlante di Diritto Comparato ___ (Zanichelli 2d ed. 1993).
La Sistemologia, inChe Cos'è il Diritto Comparato? Intervista a Rodolfo Sacco ___ (Rodolfo Sacco, Paolo Cendon, & Gianmaria Ajani eds., Giuffrè 1992).
The Law of Property in Italy, inItalian Studies in Law 119 (Alessandro Pizzorusso ed., Martinus Nijhoff 1992) (with Antonio Gambaro & Albina Candian). CATALOG
A Competitive Model of Legal Rules, inThe Competitive State: Villa Colombella Papers on Competitive Politics ___ (Albert Breton et al. eds., Kluwer Academic Pub. 1991) (with Francesco Pulitini).
Editoria Giuridica nei Sistemi di Common Law, in7 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 369 (UTET 1991).
Errore e Raggiro Nei Contratti (Diritto Comparato), in7 Digesto delle Discipline Privatistiche: Sezione Civile 523 (UTET 1991).
Book Review, 4 J. Eur. Tort L. 110 (2013) (reviewing M. Infantino, La Causalitá nel Diritto della Responsabilitá Extracontrattuale).
What Do We Lack?, 7 Global Jurist Art. 3 (2007) (reviewing Mitchel Lasser, Judicial Deliberations (2004)). BE_PRESS
Book Review, ___ l'Indice dei Libri del Mese ___ (Oct. 2002) (reviewing Franceso Denozza, Norme Efficienti: l'analise Economica della Regole Giuridiche (2002)).
Review of Books on Private Law and EU Law, 5 Eur. L.J. 135 (1999) (reviewing H. Kotz, Europaisches Vertragsrecht (1996); H. Kotz, A. Flessner, European Contract Law (1998); U. Drobing, Private Law in the European Union (1996); & G. Benacchio, Diritto Privato della Comunita Europea–Fonti (1998)) (with Luisa Antoniolli).
Book Review, 8 Quadrimestre ___ (1991) (reviewing Carlos C. Rossello, Il Danno Evitabile (1990)).
Book Review, 7 Quadrimestre ___ (1990) (reviewing Melvin A. Eisenberg, The Nature of the Common Law (1988)).
Book Review, 35 RDC 189 (1989) (reviewing Rudolf B. Schlesinger et al., Comparative Law (1988)).
Il Giudice e le Scelte Difficili, Lezioni da Israele, 112 Foro Italiano 509 (1989) (reviewing Aharon Barak, Judicial Discretion (1989)).
Book Review, 51 RCP 731 (1986) (reviewing Guido Calabresi & Philip Bobbitt, Scelte Tragiche (1986)) (with Pier Giuseppe Monateri).
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Dopo Enron: Non Parlate al Controllore, Il manifesto, Jan. 8, 2003, at 18.
Other Publications
Global Law and Plunder: The Dark Side of the Rule of Law (Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers, Paper No. 2009-03/EN, 2009) (with Marco de Morpurgo). URL