Biagio Brugi (1855 – 1934) was an Italian jurist. He taught

Roman law Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (), to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law also den ...

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(1882),

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(1885) and

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(1918–30). He was a student of Filippo Serafini. His works underline the relevance of Roman law for contemporary jurisprudence. His influential 1891 textbook ''Introduzione enciclopedica alle scienze giuridiche e sociali nel sistema della giurisprudenza'' emphasised the importance of research in the political and social sciences for the study of law. Brugi was a member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in ...

, the Istituto Veneto and of several foreign academies, as well as government commissions. 1928 he was made a

senator for life A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , five Italian senators out of 205, two out of the 41 Burundian senators, one Congolese senator out of 109, and all members of the Bri ...

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* 1855 births 1934 deaths 19th-century Italian jurists 20th-century Italian jurists Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy People from Orbetello {{Tuscany-politician-stub