Gustavo Zagrebelsky

Gustavo Zagrebelsky

Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born June 1, 1943 in San Germano Chisone ) is an Italian lawyer , professor emeritus and former President of the Italian Constitutional Court .

Life

Zagrebelsky taught constitutional law and general theory of public law at the Università di Torino . On September 13, 1995, he became a judge of the Constitutional Court and was its President from January 28 to September 13, 2004. He is a member of the Turin Academy of Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei . He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Chile .

He also works as a journalist, formerly at La Stampa , now (as of 2011) at La Repubblica . He was the presidency of both the Libertà e Giustizia association and the Democrazia Biennale, founded in 2009.

Zagrebelsky spoke out against the planned reforms at the constitutional referendum in Italy in 2016 . Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (* 1940), former judge at the European Court of Human Rights, is his brother.

Fonts (selection)

• Il diritto mite , Turin 1992, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-13081-7
• (with Carlo Maria Martini ) La domanda della giustizia , Turin 2003, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-16627-4
• Principî e voti , Turin 2005, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-17827-7
• Il “Crucifige!” E la democrazia , Turin 2007, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-19100-9
• Imparare democrazia , Turin 2007, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-18644-9
• Intorno alla lege , Turin 2009, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-19340-9
• Sulla lingua del tempo presente , Turin 2010, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-20774-8
• Guida , Turin 2011, Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-20666-6
• Postfazione , in: Luigi Manconi, Stefano Anastasia, Valentina Calderone, Federica Resta, eds., Abolire il carcere. Milan 2015, Chiarelettere, 106-120. ISBN 978-88-6190-683-9

Web links

• Presentation of the constitutional judges on the official website (Italian)
• Short biography on biennaledemocrazia.it

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Short biography on biennaledemocrazia.it
2. ↑ Presentation of the constitutional judges on the official website (Italian) ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/05/26/news/referendum_riforme_zagrebelsky-140616373/