On the occasion of the double anniversary of the forty years since the publication A Theory of Justice and the ten years since the death of his author, the Political Theory Project coordinated, with the Reading Group in Political Philosophy e with the contribution of the Centro Einaudi, a series of initiatives held in the a.y. 2011-2012.
The activities organized within the project of Unpacking Rawls explored Rawls’s thought and the crucial points in its development, with a view to prompt further critical reflection on his theses and on his way of understanding and practicing political philosophy.

• Round Table A Theory of Justice (h)a quarant’anni - 26th October 2011
• Seminar Lo statuto, il metodo e i compiti della filosofia politica - 15th February 2012
• Seminar Libertà, neutralità, ragione pubblica - 20th April 2012
• Seminar Eguaglianza delle opportunità e principio di differenza - 9th May 2012
• Conference Virtues and Vices of the Rawlsian Paradigm - 27th and 28th September 2012

The material prepared by the scholars involved in the initiatives, animating the meetings and the discussion, has been collected in a special double issue of Biblioteca della Libertà, freely available online and edited by Beatrice Magni, Unpacking Rawls Meriti e limiti del paradigma rawlsiano nel XXI secolo.