Alexander de Tartagnis ( 1424 – 1477) was an Italian

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

. After completing his studies in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

, he became an

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at the Conservatore della Giustizia and taught law in Bologna,

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

and

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

. His work includes commentaries on select parts of the ''

Pandects The ''Digest'' (), also known as the Pandects (; , , "All-Containing"), was a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 530–533 AD. It is divided into 50 books. The ''Dige ...

'' and on other works, as well as more than 1200 advisory opinions. He reports that, for humanitarian reasons, he did not issue advisory opinions in the disfavour of the accused in criminal cases.

Paulus Castrensis Paulus Castrensis was an Italian jurist of the 14th century. Life He studied under Baldus de Ubaldis at Perugia, and was a fellow-pupil with Cardinal de Zabarella. He was admitted to the degree of doctor of civil law in the University of Avignon, ...

was one of his teachers.

Jason de Mayno Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece is featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea, t ...

, Bartholomaeus Socinus, and Ludovico Bolognini were three of his students.

Works

* File:Tartagni, Alessandro – Consilia, 15th-century – BEIC 12675088.jpg, ''Consilia'', 15th-century manuscript, Vatican City,

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, alth ...

, Fondo Patetta, Patetta 205. File:Tartagni - Codicis partem commentaria, 1570 - 422.tiff, ''Codicis partem commentaria'', 1570 File:Tartagni, Alessandro – Interpraetationes ad frequentiores Pandectarum titulos, leges et paragraphos, 1595 – BEIC 11117317.tif, ''Interpraetationes ad frequentiores Pandectarum titulos, leges et paragraphos'', 1595

References

* 1420s births 1477 deaths Year of birth uncertain 15th-century Italian jurists University of Bologna alumni Academic staff of the University of Bologna Academic staff of the University of Ferrara Academic staff of the University of Padua {{Italy-law-bio-stub