Generally speaking, departmental research is focused on the legal forms of inter-individual and community relationships, in a historical, theoretical, practical, international, as well as comparative perspective; individual rights and remedies, having regard to both their practical, historical and philosophical dimensions; the big questions surrounding social cooperation through contract and liability, in the areas of business, markets, and labour relations; crime and punishment; the full range of individuals' and citizens' rights and duties, in their interaction with justice, legal protection, and procedural rules. Research interests are hence wide and diversified, but deeply intertwined, and involve positive lawyers, legal historians and philosophers, as well as economists in a constant dialogue with current practice. In this way, complementary skills and different backgrounds merge in the analysis of legal materials, with a view to furthering the legal culture ultimately aimed to the actual pursuance of justice.