Professor Fineschi's main research interests are generally in Medical Ethics, Medical Responsibility and Forensic Pathology, particularly in heroin and cocaine related death and cardiovascular pathologies related to sudden cardiac death. He is author of the books: "Pathology of the heart and sudden death in forensic investigation"edited in 2006 by CRC Press, Boca Raton, F1, United States; "Forensic Autopsy. a handbook and atlas"edited in 2010 byCRC Press, Boca Raton, F1, United States. Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Piccin, Padova, 2010. He is author of the chapters: "A forensic pathological approach to sudden cardiac death", in Forensic pathology reviews, M Tsokos Ed., Vol. 1, Humana press, 139-68, 2004. "Cardiac and natural causes of sudden death", in Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences, 1-15,2009. "Natural causes of sudden death", in Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences, 1-19, 2009. "Sectioning of the heart, searching for pathology under the microscope and the cardiacproteomics approach in the study of sudden cardiac death cases", in Forensic Pathology Reviews, Springer Verlag, 2012.