Gaetano Morelli (

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, May 23, 1900 -

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, May 22, 1989) was an Italian jurist and magistrate, judge of the

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from 1961 to 1970. He embraced positivism as his legal philosophy.Pellet, Alain, CHRISTIAN TAMS, and ANDREA GATTINI. "Decisions of the ICJ as Sources of International Law?." ''Gaetano Morelli Lectures Series'' 2 (2018). He obtained his doctorate in law in 1921 from the University of Rome under the supervision of

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and later worked as a professor at the universities of Modena, Padua, Naples and, starting in 1951, Rome. He taught twice as a lecturer at the

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. In 1961, he was appointed a judge of the International Court of Justice, where he served until 1970. He had previously served as judge ad hoc.

Bibliography

Kunz, Josef L. "Nozioni di Diritto Internazionale. By Gaetano Morelli. Padua: CEDAM, 1947 Pp. 215. $2.00." American Journal of International Law 42.4 (1948): 960-961. ''Gaetano Morelli.'' In: Arthur Eyffinger, Arthur Witteveen, Mohammed Bedjaoui, ''The International Court of Justice 1946–1996.'' Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague and London 1999, ISBN 9-04-110468-2, p. 307.

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20th-century Italian jurists International law scholars Italian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals 1900 births 1989 deaths {{law-bio-stub