Filippo Annunziata, Bocconi Universtiy, Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies, Milan, ItalyGiorgio Fabio Colombo, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya, Japan

• Introduction by Filippo Annunziata and Giorgio Fabio Colombo.- Part I – Law in Opera: Scalia/Ginsburg: the Rhythm of the US Federal Supreme Court by Francesca Benatti.- Exile and Identity: Findings of Fact and Opinions of Law in Bellini's La Straniera by Louis Bertone.- Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus. The Tragic Conflicts of the Judge in I due Foscari by Angelo Pio Buffo.- “That may be Japanese law…but not in my country!”. Marriage, Divorce and Private International Law in Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly by Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Masabumi Suzuki and Dai Yokomizo.- Crime, Prosecution and Justice in Verdi’s Otello by Paolo Di Felice and Alessandro Accinni.- Le Nozze di Figaro and the Sunset of Ancien Régime Legacy on Modern Legal Culture by Elena Faletti.- Recurring Legal Issues in Italian Opera by Silvia Ferreri.- Le nozze di Wolfgang: About the Meaning of Marriage in Mozart’s Operas by Cesare Fertonani.- The Depiction of Crimes in Puccini’s Works by Pietro Gandetto.- The “Gesualdo Case” in Contemporary Melodrama by Giovanni Iudica.- Law and Fate in Norma, I Puritani, Aida and Tosca by Przemysław Krzywoszyński and Jan Woleński.- Equality and Social Complexity. A Comparison between Idomeneo Re di Creta and Le Nozze di Figaro by Mariano Longo.- Revenge between Legal and Social Norms in Cavalleria Rusticana by Giuseppe Lorini.- Paternal Justice in Giuseppe Verdi’s Operas by Mario Antonio Riberi.- Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Harmony in the System by Maria Teresa Sanza.- Part II – Law on Opera: The Voice of the Opera Singer and its Protection: Another Look at the Maria Callas Case by Julia Ammermann Yebra.- Critical Edition of an Opera: a New Look for an Old Lady? The Boundaries of Copyright Protection in the EU Countries by Giovanna Carugno.- A Little-known Source for the Public at the Paris Opéra: the Baux des Loges by Mark Darlow.- What is Allowed in the Opera? – Law as the Boundary of Artistic Experiment by Ewa Łętowska and Krzysztof Pawłowski.- The Italian Scrittura Teatrale: a Peculiar Case of Unwritten Terms Integrating Contracts by Geo Magri.- Der Ring des Nibelungen - From a Criminal Law Perspective by Peter Lewisch.- Part III – Law around Opera: Law, Opera and the Baroque Mentality: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Dialogues by Mariana Lima Maia and Marcilio Toscano Franca Filho.- Schiller’s “An die Freude”, Beethoven’s Ninth and the Struggle over Europe’s Identity by Giorgio Resta.- The Current International and Music Society by Gustavo Troccoli Carvalho de Negreiros.- Nemorino’s Plagiarims. Author Copyright, Musical Theatre, and Circulation of Texts in the Siglo de Oro of Italian Opera by Filippo Annunziata.