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The recent sentence of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation on the well-known case of Massimo Giuseppe Bossetti, in which thousands and thousands of genetic profiles were analysed, offers an occasion for a number of observations on the subject: on the one hand, on the genetic proof and its value in the Italian criminal process and, on the other hand, on the role of the DNA database which in Italy, in contrast to other European situations, as yet contains few profiles. In fact, even if active since 2017, it only ...

Starting from underlining the actual existence of a human society in full globalization process and from analyzing a phenomenon as old as time, i.e. human migration, we are trying to highlight in this study the relations that exist without any doubt between globalization and migration. At the same time, a review of the relations and effects between migration and the international community, between the religion and the culture of different societies that come into contact with the migratory phenomena, is performed...

Neurosciences, and in other words that series of disciplines which looks into the neuronal connections of human conduct, over the last few years have increasingly been influencing law, in particular Italian criminal law. This article intends to query the connections between neurosciences and criminal law, also observing a number of applications which have existed in recent years in Italy. On a more general note, neurosciences can be of assistance for ascertaining the impunity or reduced responsibility due to insan...