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CONTEMPORARY LEGAL MODERNIZATION IN ITALY: BETWEEN CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM, STATE EFFICIENCY, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND SECURITY

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The contemporary reforms of Italian legislation represent one of the most comprehensive attempts to adapt the legal system to the complex social, technological, and institutional challenges of the modern era. Instead of partial normative interventions, these reforms reflect the development of an integrated legal framework that encompasses criminal law, civil justice, and the institutional organization of the judicial system. The paper analyzes the Italian model through the lens of the relationship between civil justice reform, state efficiency, security, and the protection of fundamental human rights. The research is based on the normative and comparative law method, applying an analytical approach to the consideration of contemporary reform tendencies in the broader European context. The analysis includes reforms related to the introduction of the criminal offense of femicide, improving the protection of victims, the development of security-oriented criminal policy and legislative responses to digital forms of crime, as well as reforms aimed at increasing procedural efficiency, strengthening the managerial role of the court, the development of alternative dispute resolution methods and the regulation of artificial intelligence and civil liability in the digital environment. The research results indicate that the Italian model represents a form of functional legal modernization in which normative reforms are closely linked to institutional changes and an effort to establish a balance between efficiency, security, and protection of rights. The analysis points to the limitations of this approach, which are reflected in regulatory fragmentation, implementation challenges, and tensions between the requirements for security, effective management of social risks, and the preservation of procedural guarantees and fundamental rights.

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