Franco Modugno (born 3 May 1938) is an Italian judge and former law professor at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a Public university, public research university l ...

. He has been Judge of the

Constitutional Court of Italy The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic ( it, Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessi ...

since 21 December 2015.

Career

Modugno was born in

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on 3 May 1938. He obtained a degree in Jurisprudence from the

in 1961. Six years later Modugno started as lecturer of constitutional law at the

University of Teramo The University of Teramo ( it, Università degli Studi di Teramo) is an Italian public research university located in Teramo, Italy. The academic institution was officially established in 1993 after having been a detached section of the D'Annunz ...

. He held similar positions at the

University of Macerata The University of Macerata ( it, Università degli Studi di Macerata) is a public university located in Macerata, Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe that are still functioning.https://thefunkonme.com/top-10-oldest-universities ...

from 1972 to 1973 and the

University of Salerno The University of Salerno ( it, Università degli Studi di Salerno, UNISA) is a university located in Fisciano and in Baronissi, Italy. Its main campus is located in Fisciano while the Faculty of Medicine is located in Baronissi. It is organize ...

from 1973 to 1975. In 1975 he started as a professor of Public Law at the Sapienza University and later also held a chair in constitutional law. On 25 November, the

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failed to elect three candidates to the Constitutional Court; Modugno obtained 140 votes, primarily coming from the

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. Modugno was elected to the Constitutional Court by the Parliament on 16 December 2015, and he was sworn in five days later. Modugno was made Knight in the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

on 27 December 1993. On 2 June 2013 he was made Commander in the same Order.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Modugno, Franco 1938 births Living people Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Judges from Rome Sapienza University of Rome alumni Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Scholars of constitutional law Academic staff of the University of Teramo Academic staff of the University of Salerno Academic staff of the University of Macerata