Giuseppe Vadalà-Papale
Giuseppe Vadalà-Papale (born April 15, 1854 in Catania , † September 3, 1921 in Catania) was an Italian lawyer and legal philosopher.
Vadalà-Papale completed his law degree in 1874 with a doctorate. In 1881 he completed his habilitation in legal philosophy at the university in his hometown of Catania . For the academic year 1888-89, he was also given a teaching position in theoretical philosophy . In 1894 he was appointed associate professor of legal philosophy at the University of Catania and promoted to full professor in 1899. In 1905/06 he was President of the Provincial Administration and Rector of the University in 1910/11.
He considers the application of the positive method in legal philosophy to be necessary and connects this approach with evolutionism in the sense of Charles Darwin .
In his work Darwinismo naturale e darwinismo sociale he introduced the term social Darwinism in Italy.
Fonts
- Il codice civile italiano e la scienza . Napoli 1881.
- Morale e diritto nella vita: studj . Napoli 1881.
- Necessità del metodo positivo nella filosofia del diritto . Catania 1882.
- Darwinismo naturale e darwinismo sociale . Torino 1882.
- La sociologia, la filosofia della storia, la filosofia del diritto . Catania 1883.
- Progresso e parassitismo . Catania 1901.
Web links
- Literature by and about Giuseppe Vadalà-Papale in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Catania, Archivio fuori Corso, fascicolo personale pos. 9 A, no. 59 and pos. 5, no. 12.
- ↑ DC Bellomy: “Social Darwinism” Revisited . In: Perspectives in American History . Vol. 1, 1-19. 1984
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vadalà-Papale, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian legal philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1921 |
| Place of death | Catania |