Augusto Pierantoni (June 1840 in

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; March 12, 1911 in

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) was an Italian

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, professor, and politician in the

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. He was also one of the founding members of the

Institut de Droit International The Institute of International Law ( French: Institut de Droit International) is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers. The organizat ...

Professional life

Pierantoni was Ministerial Secretary in

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, and later a professor of constitutional law and international law at the Universities of

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(1865),

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(1871) and Rome (1876). He also was a member of the Italian Senate in 1883. In 1885 he represented his country at the Paris Conference on shipping in the

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. In September, 1873, together with ten other lawyers from various countries he founded the

in the

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city of

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. This was a private organization concerned with the development of

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. For his work in international law, he was nominated for the

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in 1904, but the Institut as a whole received the award for that year.

Personal life

He was married in 1868 to the

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Grazia Mancini, a daughter of the lawyer

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 8th Marquess of Fusignano (17 March 1817 – 26 December 1888) was an Italian jurist and statesman. Early life Mancini was born in Castel Baronia, in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (present-day Province of A ...

who was also a founder of the Institut de Droit International and its first president.

Works

* ''Anna di Messina'', 1860 (historical drama). * (On the Abolition of the Death Penalty) * ''Il progresso del diritto pubblico e delle genti'' (The Progress of Public Law of Nations), Modena 1866; German translation, Vahlen, Berlin 1899 * ''Il giuramento: storia, legge, politica'' (The oath: history, law, politics), Rome 1883 * ''Gli avvocati di Roma antica'' (The Lawyers of Ancient Rome), Zanichelli, Bologna 1900 * ''Storia degli studi del diritto internazionale in Italia'' (History of Studies of International Law in Italy), Florence 1902

References

* Peter Macalister-Smith: ''Bio-Bibliographical Key to the Membership of the Institut de Droit International, 1873–2001.'' In: ''Journal of the History of International Law.'' 5(1)/2003. Brill Academic Publishers, S. 77–159,

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierantoni, Augusto 1840 births 1911 deaths 19th-century Italian lawyers Italian politicians Members of the Institut de Droit International