Cesare Nani

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Cesare Nani (born August 28, 1848 in Salussola , † June 2, 1899 in Turin ) was an Italian lecturer , historian and lawyer .

Nuova edizione degli statuti del 1379 di Amedeo VI di Savoia , 1884

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Nani moved to Turin where he received his law degree from the University of Turin . The cultural ambience of the Piedmontese capital and the modernization of civil society arouse his interest and professionally steer him in the direction of commercial law . This is also evident in one of his first works, Studi di diritto ferroviario (Bologna 1876-77), with which he also won a competition for doctoral students at the University of Turin, where he was finally appointed full professor of Italian legal history in 1878. This was an important position that should be expanded. The then rector Michele Lessona wanted, together with the rest of the university management, to fill the teaching staff with younger employees. On the other hand, Nani succeeded Giuseppe Albini, who had died a year earlier, and the even greater legacy of Piedmontese and Italian law, Federico Sclopis.

After entering the Turin intellectual scene, he became a full member of the Royal Academy of Science in 1880, and from June 29, 1897 until his death, he held the post of class secretary in the field of history and philosophy. In the academy itself, his studies focused primarily on medieval Piedmont law. His studies are taken as a reference point to this day to reconstruct the old Savoyard legislation. During this time he published his most important works, which, through his historical knowledge, philological discipline and direct study of manuscripts, made him a worthy successor to Sclopis. Among these works are the Studi di diritto longobardo (Turin 1877-78), Gli Statuti di Pietro II conte di Savoia (1881) and Gli Statuti dell'anno 1379 di Amedeo VI conte di Savoia (1882), which contain the last in the Memorie della reale Accademia .

In the following years his studies focused on private law, in which he supported the idea of ​​the topicality of Roman law and thus also confirmed the theses of the historical school of law by Friedrich Carl von Savigny and Georg Friederich Puchta . The result of his research became one of the most important works of the turn of the century: Il socialismo nel codice civile (1892). The passion for law studies and his career as a lecturer led Nani to write a handbook on the history of law, which was published in 1902 by his student Francesco Ruffini under the title Storia del diritto privato italiano after his death . The content of the work, which was divided into two of the most important areas of law, that of the person and that of things, was taken up by various other handbooks from this period, including Antonio Pertile, Francesco Schupfer and Giuseppe Salvioli. Ruffini also mentioned the work as the result of an experiment by Nani from a phase of study that had been carried out with great passion and ardor.

At the University of Turin he was president of the law faculty from 1897 to 1898 and rector of the university the following year. In addition, he promoted the training institute for law, social and political sciences, which was founded between 1882 and 1883 and of which he was the first director. One of his, also internationally, most famous students was Luigi Einaudi .

After a long illness, Nani died in Turin on June 2, 1899.

Works

  • Studi di diritto ferroviario , Bologna 1876–77.
  • Studi di diritto longobardo , Torino 1877–78.
  • Gli Statuti di Pietro II conte di Savoia , in Memorie della reale Accademia , 1881.
  • Gli Statuti dell'anno 1379 di Amedeo VI conte di Savoia , in Memorie della reale Accademia , 1882.
    • New edition of the statutes from 1379 by Amedeo VI di Savoia, Torino, Fratelli Bocca, 1884.
  • Il socialismo nel codice civile , 1892.
  • Storia del diritto privato italiano , a cura di Francesco Ruffini, 1902.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Maria Toscano:  Cesare Nani. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
  2. ↑ Annuario accademico per l'anno 1898-99 . ( unito.it [accessed June 23, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Annuario della R. Università di Torino aa 1899-1900. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Nani, Cesare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lecturer, historian and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Salussola
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1899
Place of death Turin