Seminar on civil law: Valentina Piccinini at University of Turin

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As part of the constant research of the Department of Law at the University of Turin, the institute organizes the congress Colloqui torinesi di diritto civile, where Valentina Piccinini also participates.
The lawyer from Andersen speaks at the seminar on January 24th in a debate that will involve different teachers from different backgrounds to provide a complete scenario on the subject of civil law principles.

Title: Colloqui torinesi di diritto civile (Turin talks on civil law)
Date and location: 24 January 2019 – Luigi Einaudi Campus, Sala Lauree Blu – Lungo Dora Siena 100 A, Turin

The University of Turin Department of Law is the law school of the University of Turin. It traces its roots to the founding of the University of Turin, and has produced or hosted some of the most outstanding jurists, statespeople and scholars in Italian and European history. Among its distinguished faculty and alumni are leading writers, philosophers and legal scholars. Nowadays the Department 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 Department 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 modern Italian history, the UNITO Department of Law was known for its central role in Italian national unification and cultural progressiveness. For instance, in 1881, the Department of Law 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 Department 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 Department of Law coordinates the research work of more than 120 law professors in the different areas of law