Paolo Grossi (judge)

Paolo Grossi (born 29 January 1933) is an Italian judge. He was President of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 24 February 2016 and 23 February 2018. Grossi served as Judge on the Court from 23 February 2009 to 23 February 2018.[1]

This article is about the judge. For the Italian football player, see Paolo Grossi (footballer).

Paolo Grossi
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office
24 February 2016 – 23 February 2018
Preceded byAlessandro Criscuolo
Succeeded byGiorgio Lattanzi
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office
23 February 2009 – 23 February 2018
Appointed byPresident of Italy
Personal details
Born (1933-01-29) 29 January 1933
Florence, Italy

Career

Grossi was born in Florence. He was a law professor before he was appointed to the Constitutional Court by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, on 17 February 2009. Grossi was sworn in on 23 February 2009.[2]

At the University of Florence he worked as a professor of History of Medieval and Modern Law.[3]

Grossi was presented with the golden medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art on 28 June 1985 and made Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 25 February 2009.[4][5]

He is an Honorary Editor of the University of Bologna Law Review, a general student-edited law journal published by the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.[6]

Works
  • Italian Civil Lawyers: An Historical Profile (2002)
  • Law between Power and the Judicial System (2005)
  • Society, Law, State: A Recovery for Law (2007)
  • The Medieval Judicial System (2008)
  • First Lesson on Law (2008)
gollark: I am not sure I trust your knowledge of law.
gollark: Once you decide on your answers to the basic trolley problem, I have a wide selection of different variants conveniently available as memes somewhere.
gollark: Ghosts don't actually exist, though, unless approved by the UN.
gollark: Kantian ethics is the system Kant came up with, which I don't know that much about.
gollark: Deontological systems have rules like "do not kill people", and many deontologists would *not* divert the trolley because they feel like they're killing people one way and not the other.

References
  1. "I Presidenti dal 1956 ad oggi" (in Italian). Constitutional Court of Italy. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. "The Constitutional Court: Composition of the Court". Constitutional Court of Italy. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. "A History of European Law". Wiley. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. "Grossi Prof. Paolo" (in Italian). Office of the Italian President. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. "Grossi Prof. Paolo" (in Italian). Office of the Italian President. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. "Honorary Board". Bolognalawreview.unibo.it. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Alessandro Criscuolo		 President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
2016–2018		 Succeeded by
Giorgio Lattanzi


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