Le idee di Guido Calabresi e la giurisprudenza italiana

Guido Calabresi’s thoughts have fundamental importance in the economic analysis of law and are well known among Italian scholars even if this method of analysis meets resistance in a part of Italian juridical culture. The article examines whether Calabresi’s ideas are accepted by Italian Courts in tort cases and scrutinizes some decisions in which issues of cost-benefits and incentives are significant. The result is that Courts are often, but not always, aware of these themes.