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 (, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest ...

. Starting from 1910, he was professor of

industrial law Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code 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 be ...

at the

Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

in Milan, professor of

commercial law Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of Legal person, persons and organizations ...

at the

University of Catania The University of 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 in the world. With over 38,000 enrolled students, it is the largest uni ...

, and professor of

civil procedure Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and regulations along with some standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or ca ...

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 and the trial against

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Works

* ''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