Legal Guardian

The contribution deals with the mechanisms of governmental control of guardianships over minors in Roman Egypt as it was exercised through the responsible administrative officials at the various levels of the administration. The relevant measures of this administrative control extended over the appointment of guardians for which applications had to be filed with the administrative authorities. These applications, which aimed at an official registration as guardian, may also reflect in some respect an indigenous legal tradition, though it is doubtful if such applications were obligatory. Another important measure of control of guardians was the obligation of the latter to render account of his management of affairs. The article also examines the role of the officials responsible for the appointment and control of guardians, i.e. the prefect of Egypt, the nome strategos and, at the municipal level, the exegetes and others.

This paper undertakes the first comprehensive analysis of the role that Australian guardianship laws play in regulating restrictive practices for people with intellectual and cognitive impairment. It identifies and critiques the five possible legal bases for authorising such decisions in the guardianship system before concluding that the law should be reformed to place decision-making about this issue on a clear, certain and consistent basis. This should be achieved by legislative reform and should not have to rely on tribunal decision-making. The paper also questions whether the guardianship system is an appropriate vehicle for regulating restrictive practices. Historically, restrictive practices were not part of decisionmaking regimes for adults with impaired capacity but it appears that it is now widely assumed to be a logical home for such practices. If that is to be the case, the guardianship system must maintain its clear focus on adults with intellectual and cognitive impairm...

Nowadays, unaccompanied foreign minors (UAMs) are a significant part of the migrants who arrive in Italy. Starting from the statistical analysis concerning the presence of UAMs in Italy, this paper aims to examine this complex phenomenon and to investigate the legal and socio-educational issues regarding this vulnerable group of migrants.Recently, Italian government has shown a particular interest in the protection of these children who arrive in Italy, approving the Law No. 47 of 7 April 2017 on 'Provisions on Protective Measures for UAMs'. This law has amended the existing legislation on UAMs in order to strengthen the protection of these minors and to ensure a homogeneous application of the rules throughout the national territory. Therefore, this study outlines the main measures introduced by Law No. 47/2017 and focus on the important educational role played by the so-called 'legal guardian' ('tutore') of UAM for safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and the full integration of the minor.