Federico Spantigati

Law and jurisprudence magazines produced in Italy were discussed in 1984 in Florence with the participation of directors and editors of 14 of them. The common approach was to discuss the law as a result of decisions of legislators and judges and the reactions of society to their decisions as non-juridical. Two magazines are now edited in Italy with a different approach: «Diritto romano attuale» (Naples, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane) since 1999 and «Ritorno al diritto: i valori della convivenza» (Milan, Franco Angeli) since 2005. Their purpose is to contrast the «metodo giuridico» in the study of law, a methodology used since 1885 in Italy to produce and apply law, and to elaborate an alternative to it in every field of law.