Research

Main Areas of Interest

CeSROG aims to promote study and research initiatives in the field of judicial administration, both in Italy and from a comparative perspective. Research activities in recent years have covered various topics, including:

a) status of public prosecutors and judges: socio-cultural origins, remuneration, career paths, extrajudicial activities, independence, ethics and discipline, recruitment, training, and liability;

b) high Council of the Judiciary (CSM): composition, functions, decision-making process;

c) italian Constitutional Court: functioning, decisions, and impact on the political system;

d) judicial ethics and disciplinary responsibility of judges and prosecutors, with particular reference to decisions of the Disciplinary Commission of the CSM;

e) sociological studies of deviance and analysis of criminal phenomena;

f) restorative justice and the role of the victim;

g) justice and immigration: analysis of the judge's role in protecting the rights of migrants;

h) legal professions between present and future;

i) structures supporting judicial offices: organizational and technological innovations for a more efficient justice system;

j) new technologies and AI in the justice system;

k) analysis and evaluation of public policies in the judicial system;

l) alternative dispute resolution mechanisms: conflict management techniques and new application perspectives;

m) criminal justice: criminal proceedings and civil rights, monitoring the application of the Code of Criminal Procedure;

n) relationship between media and justice;

o) reform processes within the judicial administration