Francesco Carnelutti (15 May 1879 – 8 March 1965) was an Italian jurist and lawyer. Born in

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, Carnelutti graduated in law at the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

. Starting from 1910, he was professor of

industrial law Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...

at the

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in Milan, professor of

commercial law Commercial law, also known as mercantile law or trade law, is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales. It is often considered to be a branc ...

at the

University of Catania The University of Catania ( it, Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a ...

, and professor of

civil procedure Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced; what ki ...

in his alma mater, at the Bocconi University and at the

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. Carnelutti's studies mainly focused on civil procedural law, but also had a lasting influence in the industrial and bankruptcy law. The journal he founded in 1924 together with scholar , ''Rivista di diritto processuale civile'', together with other works by Chiovenda and Carnelutti, notably the seven volumes of Carnelutti's ''Lezioni di diritto processuale civile'', influenced the Italian legislation, innovating various aspects of the procedural law, and also influenced the law's university teaching.''Sistematica e realismo di Francesco Carnelutti processualcivilista'', by Montesano, L., in Rivista di Diritto Processuale, 41:504-513, 1986. Carnelutti himself collaborated to the drafting of the Italian Civil Procedure Code in 1940. After the

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, Carnelutti's works were increasingly characterized by a mystical vein and by references to Christian values and philosophy. During his career Carnelutti was also a prominent lawyer, protagonist of famous trials such as the

Bruneri-Canella case The Bruneri-Canella case, called in Italian the case of the ''Smemorato di Collegno'' (the Collegno Amnesiac), is a notorious judicial and media affair concerning the alleged reappearance in 1926 of a man who had gone missing in World War I. The q ...

and the trial against

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Works

Carnelutti, Francesco – Infortuni sul lavoro, 1913 – BEIC 15611923

* ''Lezioni di diritto commerciale'', 1910 * ''Infortuni sul lavoro'', 1913-1914 ** ** * ''La prova civile'', 1915 * ''Studi di diritto civile'', 1916 * ''Studi di diritto industriale'', 1916 * ''Poteri e doveri del giudice in tema di perizia'', 1916 * ''Studi di diritto commerciale'', 1917 * ''Studi di diritto processuale'', 1925-28 * ''Del processo di cognizione'', 1926 * ''Il danno e il reato'', 1926 * ''Lezioni di diritto processuale civile'', 1929 * ''Teoria generale del reato'', 1933 * ''Teoria giuridica della circolazione'', 1933 * ''Teoria del falso'', 1935 * ''Teoria del regolamento collettivo dei rapporti di lavoro'', 1936 * ''Sistema del diritto processuale civile'', 1936-38 * ''Teoria cambiaria'', 1937 * ''Metodologia del diritto'', 1939 * ''Teoria generale del diritto'', 1940 * ''Interpretazione del Padre nostro. Il poema di Gesù'', 1941 * ''La strada'', 1941 * ''Istituzioni del nuovo processo civile italiano'', 1942 * ''Meditazioni'', Tumminelli, 1942 * ''Mio Fratello Daniele'', 1943 * ''La strada'', 1943 * ''Il problema della pena'', 1945 * ''La storia e la fiaba'', 1945 * ''Dialoghi con Francesco'', 1947 * ''Arte del diritto'', 1949 * ''America'', 1950 * ''L'editore'', 1952 * ''Discorsi intorno al diritto'', 1953 * ''Un uomo in prigione'', 1953 * ''Come nasce il diritto'', ERI, 1954 * ''Codice civile commentato'' (with Walter Bigiavi e Alberto Caltabiano), Cedam, 1955 * ''Il canto del grillo'', 1956 * ''Le miserie del processo penale'', 1957 * ''Diritto e processo'', 1958 * ''Principi del processo penale'', Morano, 1960 * ''La guerre et la paix'', 1962 * ''Come nasce il Diritto'', ERI, 1963 * ''Come si fa un processo'', ERI, 1964

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnelutti, Francesco 1879 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Italian lawyers University of Padua alumni Academic staff of the University of Padua Academic staff of Bocconi University Academic staff of the University of Catania Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome