Giulio Prosperetti (born 7 December 1946) is an Italian judge and

labour 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 ...

professor at the

University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata (), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combines a liberal arts tradition with emphasis on ...

. He has been Judge of the

Constitutional Court of Italy The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic () is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessions are held in Palazzo della Consulta in Rome. ...

since 21 December 2015.

Career

Prosperetti was born in

Perugia Perugia ( , ; ; ) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. It has 162,467 ...

on 7 December 1946. In 1971 he obtained a degree in Jurisprudence under Giuseppe Guarino. He worked as a professor of labour law between 1985 and 1994 at the

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio The University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale'')—Unicas—was established in 1979. It is an Italian public university whose headquarters is in Cassino, while three branches a ...

. Since 1994 he has been a professor of labour law at the

. Prosperetti has been a judge at the Court of Appeal of Vatican City for more than twenty years. On 16 December 2015, the

Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italy, Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861), the Parliament of the Kingd ...

elected three candidates to the

Augusto Barbera Augusto Antonio Barbera (born 25 June 1938) is an Italian judge and former constitutional law professor at the University of Bologna. In his political career he was member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 19 ...

, Franco Modugno and Prosperetti. The election was realized after 31 previous failed attempts. Properetti was the candidate of centrist politicians, he obtained 585 votes in favor. He was sworn in five days after his election. Prosperetti was made a Grand Officer in the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic () is the most senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of Italy, President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking honour of the Republi ...

on 27 December 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosperetti, Giulio 1946 births Living people Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy Labour law scholars People from Perugia Academic staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata