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Audizione in merito al d.d.l. S. 881 su “Legge elettorale: per una determinazione dei collegi indipendente dal numero dei parlamentari”
No full textHearing on the d.d.l. n. 881 on "Electoral law: for a determination of the colleges independent of the number of parliamentarians" (Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Senate - Thursday 29 November 2018)
The Author focuses on draft law S. 881, dealing with the establishment of constituencies independently from the number of the members of Parliaments (hereinafter, MPs). This bill, read together with the project of constitutional reform (draft const. law S.805), aims at replacing the currently fixed number of constituencies and seats with a varying ratio. The resulting legislation, in case the number of MPs were not reduced, would not affect the number of uninominal seats for the Camera dei Deputati and Senato della Repubblica. However, if the number of MPs would decrease, the representativeness of the Parliament would be prejudiced. At the same time, the power of party secretariats and the majority effect of the electoral system would grow. The Author also notes that there is a strong risk of escalation of the gap between the ex ante number of seats and average population. Finally, the Author argues that the combination of the two draft laws (the one amending electoral legislation and the other aiming at changing the Constitution) would be able to solve the problem consisting of vacant seats with a number of candidates for each list equal to the average number of seats to be assigned, although the outcome would be mitigated by the unchanged possibility for each candidate to run for more than one constituency
Il permesso di soggiorno nel quadro normativo e giurisprudenziale attuale
No full textThe study, which is placed in a volume edited by the author herself, examines the issue of immigration in the Italian system, with particular regard to the legal framework (national and supranational) and national courts on the individual identification of immigrants and residence permits
Accurate and reliable segmentation of the optic disc in digital fundus images
No full textWe describe a complete pipeline for the detection and accurate automatic segmentation of the optic disc in digital fundus images. This procedure provides separation of vascular information and accurate inpainting of vessel-removed images, symmetry-based optic disc localization, and fitting of incrementally complex contour models at increasing resolutions using information related to inpainted images and vessel masks. Validation experiments, performed on a large dataset of images of healthy and pathological eyes, annotated by experts and partially graded with a quality label, demonstrate the good performances of the proposed approach. The method is able to detect the optic disc and trace its contours better than the other systems presented in the literature and tested on the same data. The average error in the obtained contour masks is reasonably close to the interoperator errors and suitable for practical applications. The optic disc segmentation pipeline is currently integrated in a complete software suite for the semiautomatic quantification of retinal vessel properties from fundus camera images (VAMPIRE).Copyright 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited
La nuova legge elettorale alla prova dei fatti
No full textThe first application of so-called Rosatellum-bis highlighted inconsistencies and malfunctioning of organizational and procedural aspects and mechanisms. These flaws created many problems both during voting and scrutining phases. Such problems are related to so-called anti-fraud coupons and alleged transmission of nullity of the vote from the plurinominal to the uninominal sides.
There are also problems during the phasis of the allocation of seats, since potential circmuvention of gender quotas, the lack of a sufficient number of candidates in the lists (so-called Sicilian case) and the mobility of seats assigned in constituencies (so-called translation of seats) were alleged. Hence, the present paper aims at analysing such issues according to a technical approach, i.e. from a perspective that goes “inside” electoral legislation. This study also has the purpose to try to find possible solutions to mentioned flaws, without any bias on the merits of the law
Corporate Governance and Company Performance in Italy: Corporate Law and Regulation Perspective
No full textThis paper proposes an extensive analysis of corporate governance and
corporate board practices in Italy, under different perspectives. First of
all, through a literature review, the research aims to analyze the main
effects of laws and regulations on corporate board practices in the
Italian setting by taking into account the most important corporate
board models in different types of companies. This study also
highlights the different functions and responsibilities assigned to the
boards, bodies and boards’ members, according to the governance
system implemented – classic/traditional, dualistic, monistic. For each
of these systems, the main issues are presented and the most
important critical points are illustrated. Regarding the functions and
the responsibility of the board members, the link between the board
governance and company performance is discussed on the basis of the
main literature, as well as the laws concerning the participation of
women to the boards’ activities. Furthermore, the effects of gender
diversity on company performance is analysed taking into account the
main studies on this topic. Finally, the paper presents some conclusions
and future research areas on the aforementioned topics: it proposes
future empirical analysis on the effects that different governance
systems, different board compositions and different roles of directors,
as required by the law, may have on the performance of listed/unlisted
companies and on family/non-family companies
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