Che cosa genera il sonno del Leviatano? Modelli e movimenti dell’autonormazione nelle pieghe dell’ordinamento penale statale = What generates the sleep of Leviathan? Models and movements of self-regulation in the folds of the criminal justice system

Starting from an overview of the subsidiarity principle in public law, this article suggests that self-regulative legal systems spread when state regulation regresses (voluntarily or not). The A. identifies several types of self-regulation, based on the impulse of the State to develop self-regulative systems and on its control over them. Subsequently, the article analyses the ‘movements’ of self-regulation highlighting how it can be implemented – and graduated – as a policy option to foster public-private partnerships for the pursuit of state objectives. In conclusion, the article focuses on the use of self-regulation as a tool of crime prevention that can substitute, compete with, or even integrate criminal law.