Mark A. Sammut

Mark A. Sammut (left) with then President of Malta Eddie Fenech Adami (right) and former President of the Constitutional Court of Malta Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici (centre) in December 2008

Mark A. Sammut is a Maltese author.

Early life

Elder son of Maltese writer Frans Sammut and Catherine Sammut, Mark A. Sammut was born in 1973 in Malta. He studied at St Monica School, Stella Maris College, Liceo Vassalli, and Liceo GF Abela.

Education

He furthered his studies at the University of Malta (law and translation studies), at the University of London (University College London (legal history and legal theory)), London School of Economics and Political Science) (Management, Historical Sociology) and at the University of Oxford (historical studies).

Political and other involvements

Sammut served as Local Councillor (1993–1996),[1] Member of the Co-Operative Societies Board (1997–98), Secretary of the Notarial Council of Malta (2000–2003),[2] Honorary Consul of Latvia (2001–2006),[3] and President of the Maltese Language Association - University Ghaqda tal-Malti Università (2007–2009).

Sammut was politically active for some years (1993–2003), from 1996 onward within the ranks of the Labour Party of Malta. In the electoral campaign of 2003, he had a prominent role on the eve of the elections during one the activities of the Party.

On November 3, 2016, Sammut launched a book containing scathing criticism of Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's neoliberal policies and defence of Minister Konrad Mizzi and Chief of Staff Keith Schembri, called L-Aqwa fl-Ewropa. Il-Panama Papers u l-Poter.

He is a member of the Royal Historical Society, the European Society for Comparative Legal History, the Malta Historical Society, and a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS).

He is also an arbitrator at the Malta Arbitration Centre.

Teaching activity

From 2014 to 2016, Sammut lectured at the University of Malta on the history of the Maltese Criminal Code.

Opinion writer

Since 2017, Sammut has written a regular opinion piece for the Sunday edition of The Malta Independent.

Sammut with then President of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga in 2004

Personal Life

Sammut has a half-Latvian daughter, born in 2007.

Publications

Books
  • A Short History of Latvia/L-Istorja tal-Latvja fil-Qosor (Malta, 2004)[4]
  • Il-Liġi, il-Morali, u r-Raġuni (Law, Morality and Reason) with Professor Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, former European Court of Human Rights Judge and former Chief Justice of Malta, (Malta, 2008)[5]
  • (Contribution) The Mediterranean Region: Different Perspectives, Common Objectives (Ministry of Defence, Italy, 2010)
  • The Law of Consular Relations[6] (XPL, UK, 2010), used by Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, as recommended reading[7]
  • (Editor and co-author) Malta at the European Court of Human Rights 1987-2012, with Patrick Cuignet and David A. Borg, with contributions by Prof. Kevin Aquilina (Dean of the Faculty of Laws of the University of Malta), Judge Giovanni Bonello, and then-MEP Dr. Therese Comodini Cachia.[8][9] (Malta, 2012)
  • L-Aqwa fl-Ewropa. Il-Panama Papers u l-Poter [The Best in Europe: The Panama Papers and Power] (Malta, 2016)[10]
  • Essays on Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law (Whitelocke Publications, Oxford, 2017)[11][12]
  • L-Aqwa Żmien Għalihom. Erba' Snin ta' Skandli [The Best of Times for Them. Four Scandal-Ridden Years] (Malta, 2017)[13]

Other publications

Sammut's translation of Guze' Bonnici's[14] La Pazza was praised by Professor Charles Briffa in his book on Maltese Literature (Il-Letteratura Maltija: L-Istorja tan-Narrattiva, Malta University Press, 2008).[15]

Sammut has written on the Codice Municipale di Malta and other topics relating to History and Theory of Law.[16]

Sammut has translated Machiavelli's The Prince into Maltese.[17]

gollark: *sigh* There's a trade up, with a CB green copper hatchling... And a lot of other dragons, which are worth a lot more. Such is the trading.
gollark: Alerts? How¿
gollark: Just prizekins? How about a C🐝 prize? Or five hundred.
gollark: Doesn't everyone?
gollark: It has no rules, strongly enforced, and moderators being aaaargh.

References
  1. "Local Govt". Culturedomain.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. Archived December 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Times of Malta ‒ The non-political nature of consular relations". Timesofmalta.com. 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  4. Sammut, Mark Anthony (2004-10-27). A Short History of Latvia - Mark Anthony Sammut - Google Books. ISBN 9789993202868. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  5. Bonnici, Giuseppe Mifsud; Sammut, Mark A. (2008). Il-liġi, il-morali, u r-raġuni - Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, Mark A. Sammut, Peter Serracino Inglott - Google Books. ISBN 9789993288091. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  6. The Law of Consular Relations: Amazon.co.uk: Mark Sammut: Books. 2010-08-15. ASIN 185811375X.
  7. "COURSE DESCRIPTION (Group C)" (PDF). Vdu.lt. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  9. Allied Newspapers Ltd (2013-10-27). "Times of Malta ‒ Documenting human rights cases". Timesofmalta.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  10. "Launch of 'L-Aqwa fl-Ewropa. Il-Panama Papers u l-Poter' by Mark A. Sammut - The Malta Independent". Independent.com.mt. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  11. Mark A. Sammut; Raymond Mangion (2016). The Law in All its Majesty - Essays in Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law, Volume 1. ISBN 9781911301004.
  12. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170326/books/intriguing-aspects-of-maltese-legal-history.643574
  13. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-05-29/books/The-prism-of-all-sin-6736174852
  14. mt:Ġużè Bonnici
  15. Il-letteratura maltija : l-istorja tan-narrattiva (Book, 2008). 2017-01-21. OCLC 467776053.
  17. "Campus FM 103.7, University of Malta". Campusfm.um.edu.mt. 1999-11-03. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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