Criminal Procedure Law

research on the relationship between preliminary investigations and the quality of final judicial decisions, focusing on procedural dysfunctions that may affect judicial reasoning and decision-making. The first strand provides a systematic analysis of Book V of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure in light of legal scholarship and constitutional and Supreme Court case-law, identifying deviant practices and critical issues in its application. The second adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining legal analysis with research on cognition and decision-making biases, and statistical methods for the empirical study of judicial practices. The third develops a comparative and transnational perspective by examining legal systems from different traditions, identifying common challenges and effective safeguards, and moving beyond the traditional opposition between inquisitorial and adversarial models of criminal procedure