Aspen Institute Italy appointed Prof. Andrea Stazi among the "Italian Talents Abroad", a group of influential representatives of the country abroad, and talented young Italians who are carving out brilliant careers overseas.  Through the group, Aspen Institute aims to pool together some key experiences of Italians from around the world, contribute to building an increasingly global skills base, and enhance Italy’s ability to come across as a strong international player....

Prof. Andrea Stazi and Riccardo Jovine’s new paper on Food Traceability in Europe, the US and China: Comparative Law and Technological Regulation, was published in BioLaw Journal, no. 2/2022. Abstract: The issue of traceability in the food sector lies within the framework of a multiplicity of principles ranging from product identification to data recording, information integration, and accessibility. Traceability responds to a recent need for market and consumer protection which has driven ...

Prof. Andrea Stazi’s new paper on “Legal Big Data”: From Predictive Justice to Personalised Law?, was published in Comparative Law Review, no. 2/2020. Abstract: The phenomenon of Big Data intersects with comparative law and justice in several noteworthy profiles. First, the comparative approach leads to identifying the peculiar characteristics of the data through a conceptual framework of the same in the perspective of other disciplines, in particular economics and information technolog...

Prof. Andrea Stazi spoke at the University of Malta’s event on “A Multidisciplinary Metaverse Future: From Education, Research and Innovation to Regulation”.  The 'Metaverse' is touted to bring revolutionary change to how we will interact with the digital world and have impact on different sectors. The online hybrid event delved into how different disciplines may play a role in this new future by looking into educational, research and innovation, and regulatory aspects....

Prof. Andrea Stazi participated in a panel at University of Florence on “Perspectives on the Future of Law between a Practical and a Theoretical Approach Towards Technologies”, together with Anupam Chander, Michal Alberstein, Nicolas Petit, Ettore Maria Lombardi, Elisa Verdelli and other experts from academia and industry.   ...

Prof. Andrea Stazi’s new paper on “Protecting weak contracting parties in smart contracts" was published in Nuovo Diritto Civile, no 1/2022. Abstract: The development of distributed ledger technologies, primarily the Blockchain, allows for the creation of so-called “smart contracts”, characterised by the self-execution of contractual clauses without the need for human intervention, and generally excluding the possibility of interrupting such execution or modifying the content. In Euro...