University of Turin, Faculty of Law
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The University of Turin, Faculty of Law (or UNITO, Faculty of Law; sometimes shortened to UNITO Law) is the law school
of the University of Turin
(itself commonly referred to as UNITO). The faculty of law is elsewhere called the Law Department of the University of Turin. The law faculty traces its roots to the founding of the University of Turin, and has produced or hosted some of the most outstanding jurists, statesmen and women, and scholars in Italian and European history. Among its distinguished faculty and alumni are leading writers, philosophers and legal scholars. Today, the Faculty of Law continues the tradition, with particular strengths in the fields of private law
, EU law, comparative law
and related fields.
The history of the Faculty of Law can be traced to the establishment of the University of Turin
, in 1404, and has followed its developments over the ensuing six centuries.
In autumn 1404, a bull
issued by Benedict XIII
, the Avignon Pope, marked the actual birth of a centre of higher learning in Torino, formally ratified in 1412 by the Emperor Sigmund's certification and subsequently, in 1413, by a bull issued by antipope John XXIII
, the Pisan Pope, and probably by another issued in 1419 by Martin V, Pope of Rome, and by a series of papal privileges. The new institution, which initially only held courses in civil
and canon law
, was authorized to confer both the academic "licentia" and "doctoratus" titles which were later to become a single "laurea" (degree) title. It was the Bishop, as Rector of Studies, who proclaimed and conferred the title on the new doctors.
In 1436, ducal licenses established the three core faculties of Theology, Arts and Medicine, as well as Civil and Canon law. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the legal studies increasingly grew, giving the faculty a national and international reputation. Notable academics contributed to the growth of the Faculty. During the years of the Resurgence
, when a numerous group of patriots and intellectuals took refuge in the Savoy
capital city, some of Italy's most remarkable names taught at the University and the law faculty, like the jurist and statesman Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
, and the two economics professors Antonio Scialoja and Francesco Ferrara.
In modern Italian history, the UNITO law faculty was known for its central role in Italian national unification and cultural progressiveness. For instance, in 1881, the law faculty graduated Lidia Poët
, who would become the controversial first female jurist in modern Italy.
In the first half of 20th century some outstanding names in the history of the faculty and the university include: Luigi Einaudi
, in the field of the financial studies; Gaetano Mosca
in public law; Francesco Ruffini in canon law
and Paolo Greco in commercial law
.
Most recently should be mentioned at least Norberto Bobbio
, in legal philosophy; Giovanni Conso
, in criminal law; Gastone Cottino in commercial law; Marcello Gallo, in criminal law; Giuseppe Grosso in Roman law
; Rodolfo Sacco
in civil and comparative law
.
The Faculty of Law is located in Turin
, at the seat of the faculties of humanities (Palazzo Nuovo), in the midtown, nearby the fascinating Piazza Vittorio Veneto and Mole Antonelliana
.
It is one of the leading law faculties in Europe
, with particular strengths in the fields of comparative law and private law. Additionally, the Faculty of Law has improved its physical facilities (including course offerings in Cuneo
and international exchange programs with a number of the world's leading research universities).
The Faculty of Law coordinates the research work of more than 120 law professors in the different areas of law.
and the law of Eastern European countries. Dean Ajani is also the director of the LL.M. program in “Management of Development” a law and development
program taught at the International Training Center of the ILO
in Turin.
The Faculty also offers some brief degree courses (three years). In addition, the faculty offers the dottorato di ricerca or the traditional research Ph.D.
degree. As a result of the Bologna Process
, all of the UNITO Law degrees are fully comparable and transferrable across Europe, and graduates of the law faculty in fact practice in a number of leading jurisdictions across Europe.
(ITCILO) in Torino, collecting participants from different countries, to increase and specialize professionals in the field of cooperation and development.
is offered in the framework of an agreement with the United Nations
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). The UNICRI LL.M. is a one-year English-language program designed for judges and practitioners in the early stages of their careers desiring to obtain a deeper knowledge of international criminal law
.
law in conjunction with the WIPO and the support of the Italian government, ministry of foreign affairs. The program is administered in English and includes innovative distant learning modules, giving students maximum preparation and flexibility in approaching their study.
and international economic law
.
In addition, the law faculty offers masters programs in Cultural Projects Management, Applied Labor Economics for Development, and a postraduate course on Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace, in conjunction with the International Training Centre of the ILO.
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
of the University of Turin
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
(itself commonly referred to as UNITO). The faculty of law is elsewhere called the Law Department of the University of Turin. The law faculty traces its roots to the founding of the University of Turin, and has produced or hosted some of the most outstanding jurists, statesmen and women, and scholars in Italian and European history. Among its distinguished faculty and alumni are leading writers, philosophers and legal scholars. Today, the Faculty of Law continues the tradition, with particular strengths in the fields of private law
Private law
Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts or torts, as it is called in the common law, and the law of obligations as it is called in civilian legal systems...
, EU law, comparative law
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...
and related fields.
History of the Faculty
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
, in 1404, and has followed its developments over the ensuing six centuries.
In autumn 1404, a bull
Papal bull
A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....
issued by Benedict XIII
Antipope Benedict XIII
Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor , known as in Spanish, was an Aragonese nobleman, who is officially considered by the Catholic Church to be an antipope....
, the Avignon Pope, marked the actual birth of a centre of higher learning in Torino, formally ratified in 1412 by the Emperor Sigmund's certification and subsequently, in 1413, by a bull issued by antipope John XXIII
Antipope John XXIII
Baldassarre Cossa was Pope John XXIII during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope.-Biography:...
, the Pisan Pope, and probably by another issued in 1419 by Martin V, Pope of Rome, and by a series of papal privileges. The new institution, which initially only held courses in civil
Civil law (area)
Civil law in continental law is a branch of law which is the general part of private law.The basis for civil law lies in a civil code. Before enacting of codes, civil law could not be distinguished from private law...
and canon law
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
, was authorized to confer both the academic "licentia" and "doctoratus" titles which were later to become a single "laurea" (degree) title. It was the Bishop, as Rector of Studies, who proclaimed and conferred the title on the new doctors.
In 1436, ducal licenses established the three core faculties of Theology, Arts and Medicine, as well as Civil and Canon law. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the legal studies increasingly grew, giving the faculty a national and international reputation. Notable academics contributed to the growth of the Faculty. During the years of the Resurgence
Italian unification
Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...
, when a numerous group of patriots and intellectuals took refuge in the Savoy
Savoy
Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
capital city, some of Italy's most remarkable names taught at the University and the law faculty, like the jurist and statesman Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini was an Italian jurist and statesman.-Biography:Mancini was born in Castel Baronia, in the province of Avellino...
, and the two economics professors Antonio Scialoja and Francesco Ferrara.
In modern Italian history, the UNITO law faculty was known for its central role in Italian national unification and cultural progressiveness. For instance, in 1881, the law faculty graduated Lidia Poët
Lidia Poët
Lidia Poët was the first modern female Italian advocate. Her disbarring led to a movement to allow women to practice law and hold public office in Italy.-Career:...
, who would become the controversial first female jurist in modern Italy.
In the first half of 20th century some outstanding names in the history of the faculty and the university include: Luigi Einaudi
Luigi Einaudi
Luigi Einaudi , Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone OMRI was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the second President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955.-Early life:...
, in the field of the financial studies; Gaetano Mosca
Gaetano Mosca
Gaetano Mosca was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert...
in public law; Francesco Ruffini in canon law
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
and Paolo Greco in commercial law
Commercial law
Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...
.
Most recently should be mentioned at least Norberto Bobbio
Norberto Bobbio
Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa....
, in legal philosophy; Giovanni Conso
Giovanni Conso
Giovanni Conso has served on the Constitutional Court of Italy for nine years beginning in 1982, and has served as President of the Accademia dei Lincei since 1989.-References:...
, in criminal law; Gastone Cottino in commercial law; Marcello Gallo, in criminal law; Giuseppe Grosso in Roman law
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD — when the Roman–Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of government. The development of Roman law comprises more than a thousand years of jurisprudence — from the Twelve...
; Rodolfo Sacco
Rodolfo Sacco
Rodolfo Sacco , is a professor emeritus at the University of Turin, Faculty of Law is undoubtedly one of Italy's best known legal scholars and one of Europe's most famous comparative lawyers. Sacco continues to teach and publish extensively on the topics of comparative law, legal harmonization and...
in civil and comparative law
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...
.
The Faculty of Law is located in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, at the seat of the faculties of humanities (Palazzo Nuovo), in the midtown, nearby the fascinating Piazza Vittorio Veneto and Mole Antonelliana
Mole Antonelliana
The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark of the Italian city of Turin. It is named for the architect who built it, Alessandro Antonelli. In Italian "Mole" indicates a building of monumental proportions. Construction began in 1863, soon after Italian unification and was completed 26 years later,...
.
It is one of the leading law faculties in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, with particular strengths in the fields of comparative law and private law. Additionally, the Faculty of Law has improved its physical facilities (including course offerings in Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
and international exchange programs with a number of the world's leading research universities).
The Faculty of Law coordinates the research work of more than 120 law professors in the different areas of law.
Dean
The Dean of the Faculty is Gianmaria Ajani, full professor of private law and comparative law, and expert on Chinese lawChinese law
Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. In the 20th and 21st century, law in China has been a complex mix of traditional Chinese approaches and Western influences....
and the law of Eastern European countries. Dean Ajani is also the director of the LL.M. program in “Management of Development” a law and development
Law and development
Law and development is an interdisciplinary study of law and economic and social development. It examines the relation between law and development and anlyzes how to use law as an instrument to promote economic development, democracy and human rights....
program taught at the International Training Center of the ILO
Ilo
Ilo is a port city in southern Peru, with some 58,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Moquegua Region and capital of the province of Ilo.-History:...
in Turin.
Academics and Degree Programs
The Faculty offers a number of degrees, starting with the laurea di giurisprudenza (equivalent to an LL.B.), laurea specialistica or laurea magistrale (postgraduate law degree, equivalent to an LL.M.) and several specialized LL.M. programs.The Faculty also offers some brief degree courses (three years). In addition, the faculty offers the dottorato di ricerca or the traditional research Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
degree. As a result of the Bologna Process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
, all of the UNITO Law degrees are fully comparable and transferrable across Europe, and graduates of the law faculty in fact practice in a number of leading jurisdictions across Europe.
Master degree in the Management of Development
An English-language LLM program offered in conjunction with the International Training Centre of the International Labor OrganizationIlo
Ilo is a port city in southern Peru, with some 58,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Moquegua Region and capital of the province of Ilo.-History:...
(ITCILO) in Torino, collecting participants from different countries, to increase and specialize professionals in the field of cooperation and development.
LL.M. in Public Procurement
The English – language LLM program offers an up to date overview on the perspectives concerning the public procurements in the international law.LL.M. in International Crime and Justice
An LL.M. in international criminal lawInternational criminal law
International criminal law is a body of international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. Principally, it deals with genocide, war crimes, crimes against...
is offered in the framework of an agreement with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). The UNICRI LL.M. is a one-year English-language program designed for judges and practitioners in the early stages of their careers desiring to obtain a deeper knowledge of international criminal law
International criminal law
International criminal law is a body of international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. Principally, it deals with genocide, war crimes, crimes against...
.
LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
The course offers an international and comparative overview to provide advanced knowledge in IP law. The law faculty offers this specialized LL.M. in intellectual propertyIntellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
law in conjunction with the WIPO and the support of the Italian government, ministry of foreign affairs. The program is administered in English and includes innovative distant learning modules, giving students maximum preparation and flexibility in approaching their study.
LL.M. in International Trade Law
The English–language LLM program offers an up to date overview on the perspectives concerning the international tradeInternational trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...
and international economic law
International economic law
International economic law is a field of international law that regulates the behavior of states, international organizations and firms operating in the international arena...
.
LL.M. in Public Administration
The Master of Public Administration is designed to prepare graduates giving them a specialization in administrative law, useful for the access to a career in this field. This course is directed to postgraduate students that want to access to administrative courts career or to other professional opportunities in the PA.In addition, the law faculty offers masters programs in Cultural Projects Management, Applied Labor Economics for Development, and a postraduate course on Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace, in conjunction with the International Training Centre of the ILO.
Affiliated Research Institutes
The UNITO Faculty of Law is a founding member of a number of innovative international law programs, such as the Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London, and several independent research institutes:- Center for Transnational Legal StudiesCenter for Transnational Legal StudiesThe Center for Transnational Legal Studies is a global educational center for the study of transnational law. The Center was founded in London in October 2008 as a joint venture between ten leading law schools from around the world, each contributing faculty and students to the center...
- Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary ChinaCentre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary ChinaThe Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary China is a research institute headquartered in Torino, Italy. It is incorporated as a private foundation, established by the University of Torino, the University of Eastern Piedmont, the Politecnico of Torino, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
- Turin School of DevelopmentTurin School of DevelopmentThe Turin School of Development is a global educational center for the study of international trade, law and development and international economic law. The TSG was founded in Turin in October 2009 as a joint venture between the International Training Center of the ILO, the ILO, the Italian...
- CLEI Centre
See also
- List of UNITO law people
- Collegio Carlo AlbertoCollegio Carlo AlbertoCollegio Carlo Alberto is one of the "colleges" of the University of Turin, located in the town of Moncalieri, northern Italy, in the province of Turin. The Collegio can refer to the physical structure, a masterpiece of neoclassical architecture in the town of Moncalieri, Italy or to the schools...
- International Training Centre of the ILO
- Turin School of DevelopmentTurin School of DevelopmentThe Turin School of Development is a global educational center for the study of international trade, law and development and international economic law. The TSG was founded in Turin in October 2009 as a joint venture between the International Training Center of the ILO, the ILO, the Italian...
External links
- University of Turin - Official Website
- University of Turin, Faculty of Law - Official Website
- Alternate official website of the UNITO, Law Department
- University of Turin, Economics Department
- LL.M. in Public Procurement
- LL.M. in International Crime and Justice
- LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
- Click here for a photo of a lecture hall in the Department of Legal Studies
- Information on Programs co-offered with the International Training Center of the ILO, and the Turin School of Development