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The Modest Impact of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
No full textBefore 2001, state and federal courts did not agree on the extent to which a property owner’s regulatory takings claim should be weakened by the existence of legal restrictions on her use of the property at the time she acquired it. The Palazzolo Court addressed this doctrinal confusion but did not completely resolve it, offering six opinions that partially contradict each other. Some of this discord has persisted, with Palazzolo already cited in nearly five hundred judicial opinions, and not always consistently.
This Article examines the impact Palazzolo has had on state and lower federal courts. After reviewing the law before Palazzolo and the Supreme Court’s decision in that case, the Article offers suggestions as to how courts ought to interpret the contradictory opinions in Palazzolo. More specifically, cases arising at different points in the ripening process should be treated differently, and only a small subset of takings claims should benefit from Palazzolo’s relaxation of the notice rule.
Next the Article assesses the evidence, in an effort to determine whether courts interpreting Palazzolo have actually been following these suggestions. First, it examines the small number of claims in which an owner that probably would have lost before 2001 prevailed. It then compares these results with the far more numerous cases in which an owner that probably would have lost before 2001 still lost even after that decision.
The Article closes by offering a more generalized assessment of the effects of Palazzolo. It concludes that nearly all of the courts to cite Palazzolo have heeded its requirements, but only a few cases have turned out differently than they would have before 2001. The Court’s ripeness rules dictate that few landowners should benefit from the holding in Palazzolo, and only a small number actually do benefit. Lower courts understand Palazzolo, they have been applying it correctly, and they should continue to do what they have been doing
La ricerca archeologica ad Akrai/Acrae (Palazzolo Acreide, prov. Siracusa, Sicilia)
No full textThe paper presents the recent studies on Akrai/Acrae, located in south
eastern Sicily. The ancient city of Akrai/Acrae is localized closed to the modern town of
Palazzolo Acreide, at the Hyblaean Mountains, on top of the naturally protected hill, named
Acremonte, is a part of the area composed of large plateaus (amounting to over 600-800 m.
a.s.l.) with the landscape characterized by alluvial terraces and steep slopes traversed by
deep valleys, with surrounding lower–lying areas. Since 2009 new archaeological
investigations are done by the Archaeological Mission at Akrai/Acrae in closed
collaboration with Parco archeologico di Siracusa, Eloro, Villa del Tellaro ed Akrai
(earlier Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e i musei archeologici - Museo «Paolo Orsi»).
The main goal of the research is comprehensive reconstruction of the history of the town
and multidisciplinary observations on the exploitation of the environment by the inhabitants
of ancient Akrai/Acrae through building activities, agriculture, breeding or hunting. The
new stage of archaeological work yielded material dated from the end of 3rd century BC up
to the beginning of 8th century AD, which provides a vivid picture of the settlers’ life.L’articolo presenta i recenti risultati degli studi su Akrai/Acrae, situata
nella Sicilia sud-orientale. L’antica città di Akrai/Acrae è localizzata a ridosso dell’odierno
abitato di Palazzolo Acreide, nel cuore dei Monti Iblei, in cima al colle naturalmente
protetto, denominato Acremonte, che fa parte dell’area composta da ampi altipiani
(ammontanti a oltre 600-800 m. s.l.m.) con il paesaggio caratterizzato da terrazzi
alluvionali e ripidi pendii attraversati da profonde valli. Dal 2009 nuove indagini
archeologiche vengono svolte dalla Missione Archeologica di Akrai/Acrae in stretta
collaborazione con il Parco archeologico di Siracusa, Eloro, Villa del Tellaro e Akrai (ex
Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e musei archeologici - Museo «Paolo Orsi»).
L’obiettivo principale della ricerca è la ricostruzione completa della storia della città e
osservazioni multidisciplinari sullo sfruttamento dell’ambiente da parte degli abitanti
dell'antica Akrai/Acrae attraverso l’attività edilizia, l’agricoltura, l’allevamento o la caccia.
Le nuove indagini hanno portato alla luce i reperti archeologici databili al periodo
compreso tra la fine del III secolo a.C. e gli inizi dell’VIII secolo d.C., che forniscono un
quadro vivido della vita nell'antica città
John Ruskin e le ragioni dell'arte. Alle origini della critica della democrazia liberali
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La battaglia degli almanacchi. Protestanti e cattolici nell'Italia liberale
No full textIl contributo analizza la diffusione degli almanacchi protestanti in Italia nel secolo XIX e la reazione della Chiesa Cattolic
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