Paolo Grossi (judge)

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Paolo Grossi
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office 24 February 2016 – 23 February 2018
Preceded by	Alessandro Criscuolo
Succeeded by	Giorgio Lattanzi
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office 23 February 2009 – 23 February 2018
Appointed by	Giorgio Napolitano
Preceded by	Giovanni Maria Flick
Succeeded by	Francesco Viganò
Personal details
Born	(1933-01-29)29 January 1933 Florence, Italy
Died	4 July 2022(2022-07-04) (aged 89) Florence, Italy

Paolo Grossi (29 January 1933 – 4 July 2022) was an Italian judge. He was President of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 24 February 2016 and 23 February 2018. Grossi served as Judge on the Court from 23 February 2009 to 23 February 2018.^[1]

Career

Grossi was born in Florence. He was a law professor before he was appointed to the Constitutional Court by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, on 17 February 2009. Grossi was sworn in on 23 February 2009.^[2]

At the University of Florence he worked as a professor of History of Medieval and Modern Law.^[3]

Grossi was presented with the golden medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art on 28 June 1985 and made Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 25 February 2009.^[4][5]

He was an Honorary Editor of the University of Bologna Law Review, a general student-edited law journal published by the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.^[6]

Works

• Italian Civil Lawyers: An Historical Profile (2002)
• Law between Power and the Judicial System (2005)
• Society, Law, State: A Recovery for Law (2007)
• The Medieval Judicial System (2008)
• First Lesson on Law (2008)

References