Santi Romano

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Santi Romano

Santi Romano (born January 31, 1875 in Palermo , † November 3, 1947 in Rome ) was an Italian legal scholar .

He studied law at the University of Palermo and was a student of Vittorio Emanuele Orlando . In 1898 he began teaching as a private lecturer in administrative law in Palermo. In 1899 he taught the same discipline at the University of Camerino. In 1902 he was appointed full professor of constitutional law in Modena . He received the chair of constitutional law at the University of Milan in 1924. He then held the chair of administrative law at the University of La Sapienza in Rome from 1928 , and then from 1931 to 1944 the chair of constitutional law. Romano joined the fascist party in 1928 . In the same year he was appointed President of the Consiglio di Stato, the highest administrative court. He held this office until 1944. From 1934 to 1944 he was also Senator of the Kingdom of Italy . Romano was also a member of the Consiglio Superiore della Pubblica Istruzione and, in the early years of the fascist regime, a member of the Commission for the Constitutional Reform of the State and of the Consiglio del contenzioso diplomatico. Santi Romano died in Rome on November 3, 1947.

Romano became known for his extensive work in the field of public law and, above all, for his work "Die Rechtsordnung" (L'Ordinamento Giuridico), first published in 1918, in which he sets up an institutional doctrine of law, which alongside that of Maurice Hauriou von Carl Schmitt was received. From 1935 to 1946 he was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei , in 1939 he was accepted into the Accademia d'Italia .

Two sons of Santi Romano also became law teachers: Salvatore Romano and Silvio Romano. His grandson Alberto Romano taught as a full professor of public law in Turin.

Fonts (selection)

Principii di diritto amministrativo italiano , 1912

literature

  • Roman Schnur (ed.): The legal system of Santi Romano. With a foreword, biographical and bibliographical notes , Duncker & Humblot, 1975.
  • Maximilian Fuchs : The General Legal Theory Santi Romanos , Duncker & Humblot, 1979.