Edoardo Volterra (1904–1984) was an Italian scholar of Roman law. Son of the distinguished Italian mathematician

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, Edoardo Volterra held a series of teaching positions at the Universities of Cagliari, Camerino, Pisa, and Bologna before finally accepting a call to the

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. He published works on a variety of topics on Roman law. His first major work was on the ''Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum''. Volterra later went on to publish an array of works on Roman marriage law, Roman private law, and laws of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean World. Opposed to the rise of fascism, the Jewish Volterra was forced out of his position in 1938."Volterra, Edoardo." ''Encyclopaedia Judaica''. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Nov. 2018 . He joined an anti-fascist partisan organization (the

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or "Action party") and was decorated for bravery in combat against fascist forces. After the end of

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, he was made Rector of the

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for two years and then he returned to the

as a professor. In 1971, several of his students published the six-volume ''Studi in onore di Edoardo Volterra'' in his honor. Volterra died in 1984. The "Project Volterra," an international scholarly collaborative project named in his honor, provides an internet resource for scholars working on topics in Roman law.

Selected publications

*Edoardo Volterra, ''Collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum'' (Rome: Bardi, 1930). *Edoardo Volterra, ''La conception du mariage d'après les juristes romains'' (Padua: La Garangola, 1940). *Edoardo Volterra, ''Lezioni di diritto romano : il matrimonio romano'' (Rome: Edizioni Ricerche, 1961). *Edoardo Volterra, ''Corso di lezioni: diritti dell'Oriente mediterraneo'' (Rome: Rome: Edizioni Ricerche, 1970). *Edoardo Volterra, ''Istituzioni di diritto privato romano'' (Rome: Edizioni Ricerche, 1977). *Edoardo Volterra, ''Sulla legge delle citazioni'' (Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei,1983).

Honors

in 1973, he received an honorary degree from the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volterra, Edoardo 1904 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Italian Jews Heads of universities in Italy Academic staff of the University of Bologna Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome