“The versatility of the Italian system of civil justice that emerges from the analysis of the regulatory and jurisprudential evolution of the last decade is the result of a path not always aware of the potential achievement of a virtuous balance between mediation and judicial proceedings”. By Marco Marinaro

The decision of the Court of Cassation on the compatibility of Toto Riina’s health with his own imprisonment has raised a heated debate. Gianfranco Pellegrino presents some reflections on the meaning of justice in an unjust world