Education

BA+MA cum laude, University of Trieste (1983). Dissertation on "Rhetorics & Justice in St. Augustine".

PhD Philosophy of Law, University of Padova (1986-1989). Dissertation on "Logic & Law in Francis Petrarch".

Scholarship - Italian Bishops' Conference / Catholic University Centre (1988-1990).

Academic career and teaching activities

Cultore della materia at the Institute of Philosophy of Law and Comparative Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Padua (1985-1990).

Winner of the competition for 1 position as Assistent Professor (tenure track) in Philosophy of Law announced by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento (1990). Collaborator in the activities of the institutional course on Philosophy of Law, teacher of the evening support course for working students of the Faculty and at the Università Popolare of Bolzano.

Tenure (1994). Teacher of a module of the course of Jurisprudence  (1994). Lecturer in charge of the course of Jurisprudence (1995-1999).

Winner of the abilitation for full professor in the competition announced by the University of Catania (1999). Appointed as extraordinary professor (tenure track) of Philosophy of Law by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento (2000). Appointed full professor (tenure) in 2003.

Currently full professor of Philosophy of Law in the basic course (BA+MA) and Theory and Technique of Legal Argumentation (MA), former co-teacher of the course of Logic Argumentation & Law  (CEILS degree) at the Faculty of Law of Trent.

In the post-graduate cycle, he has been a member of the teaching board of the Doctorate in Philosophy of Law and then of the Doctorate School in Jurisprudence of the University of Padua (1999-2006).

Since 2007 member of the teaching board of the Doctorate in Comparative and European Legal Studies of the University of Trento.

He has been a teacher at the School of Specialization in Theory and technique of judicial argumentation at the University of Padua (2002-2004).

Since their foundation, he has been part of the teaching board of the Forensic Schools of the Bar Associations of Pordenone, Trento, Bolzano and Belluno, for the teaching module of Forensic Methodology.

He has carried out teaching and seminar activities for the Italian bar association (CNF) and bar association of Italian penal lawyers (UICP).

He has been a lecturer at the Master in Communication Analysis and Management (legal communication module) at the University of Trieste, Faculty of Education (2007-2012).

He has been a teacher of the Master in "Legal Argumentation" of the Universities of Bari and Alicante (Spain) since its establishment (2014).

Since 2007 he is Socrates-Erasmus (now Erasmus+) visiting professor at the Facultad de Derecho (ICADE) of the Pontificia Universidad Comillas in Madrid.

He has held and still holds lectures and seminars at Italian and foreign PhD courses.

Research interests

Philosophy of law. Jurisprudence. Forms of legal reasoning: legal epistemology, legal methodology, theories of argumentation, dialogical philosophies in the legal and political fields. Education and training  of professionals: forensic rhetoric (trial and adversarial) and defensive writings, education of trainers in bar and legal associations, legal ethics and deontology.

Memberships in societies and scientific committees

2014-                                                   Master di II livello in “Argomentazione giuridica”

                                                            Board of Teachers

                                                            University of Bari, Italy / University of Alicante, Spain

 

2007-2012                                            Master  di I livello in Analisi e Gestione della 

                                                                Comunicazione

                                                            Board of Teachers

                                                            University of Trieste, Italy

 

2007-                                                  Doctoral School in Comparative and European Legal                                                                                          Studies

                                                            Board of Teachers

                                                            University of Trento, Italy

 

2002-2004                                           Scuola di Perfezionamento in Teoria e tecnica                   dell’argomentazione giudiziale           

                                                            Board of Teachers

                                                            University of Padua, Italy

 

1999-2006                                            Doctoral School in Jurisprudence

                                                            Board of Teachers

                                                            University of Padua, Italy

 

Research

 

2019-                                              Società Italiana di Filosofia del Diritto 

                                                          Scientific Council 

 

2012-                                               RSE – Rhetoric Society of Europe

                                                            Member 

                                                           http://eusorhet.eu/

 

2011-                                               Research Centre on Legal Methodology (CERMEG)

                                                           President 

                               

2011-                                                Italian Society for Law and Literature (ISLL)

                                                        (Coordinating Council - Network)

 

2008-                                              International Society for the Study of Argumentation   (ISSA)

                                                          Dept. of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rethoric

                                                          University of Amsterdam, Neth. 

                               

2008-2011                                         Italian Society for Law and Literature (ISLL)

                                                        (Executive Board)                                                  

                                                                        

2004-2011                                         Research Centre on Legal Methodology (CERMEG)

                                                           Director 

                                                            

1999-                                               Alps Adriatic Rectors’ Conference (AARC)

 Scientific Commettee, senior member 

(President: 2004-2005; 2019-2020)                                      

 

1987-                                               Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts und  Sozialphilosophie (IVR)

 

 

1987-                                              Società Italiana di Filosofia del Diritto (former Società Italiana di

                                                          Filosofia Giuridica e Politica) 

                                                          Member 

 

Research (continued)

 

2001                                                 Istituto Studi Ricerche Informazione Difesa (ISTRID)

                                                            Rome, Italy

 

1999                                                 Centro Italiano Documentazione Azione Studi (CIDAS)

                                                           Turin, Italy

 

Editorial Boards

 

 

2023-                                                  Brentano and the Aristotelian Tradition - International Journal

                                                          Editorial Board

                                                               https://www.brentanoandthearistoteliantradition.org/

 

 

2021-                                                   Rivista “Giustizia consensuale”

                                                            Comitato Scientifico

                                                                Editoriale Scientifica, Italy

 

2019-                                                   Rivista “Teoria e Critica della Regolazione Sociale”

                                                            Consiglio Direttivo

                                                                Edizioni Mimesis, Italy

 

2017-                                                   Trento Student Law Review

                                                            Advisory Board

                                                               Trento: University of Trento – Faculty of Law

 

2015-                                                   Rivista telematica interdisciplinare “Politica.eu”

                                                            Comitato scientifico 

                                                                http://www.rivistapolitica.eu

 

2015-                                                   Series “Ritratti di filosofia”

                                                            Scientific Board

Milano: Casa Editrice Alboversorio                                            

 

2012-                                                   Series “Antropologia della libertà”

                                                            Scientific Board

Edizioni Mimesis, Italy

 

2011- 2015                                           Cultura e Diritti. Per una formazione giuridica

                                                            Scientific Board

                                                            Scuola Superiore dell’Avvocatura

 Fondazione del Consiglio Nazionale Forense

 Pisa University Press, Italy

 

2010-                                                    Series “in/Tigor”

                                                            Scientific Board

                                                            Trieste: EUT - Edizioni Università di Trieste, Italy

 http://www.intigor.scfor.units.it/

 http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/handle/10077/3869

 

2009-                                                   Tigor. Rivista di scienze della comunicazione

                                                            Scientific Board

                                                            EUT - Edizioni Università di Trieste, Italy

 http://www.rivistatigor.scfor.units.it/

 http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/handle/10077/3178

 

2010-2013                                            Series “Filosofia del diritto”

                                                            Scientific Board

                                                            Edizioni Franco Angeli, Italy

 

2006-                                                   Essais de philosophie pénale et de criminologie

                                                            Scientific Board

                                                            ICP - Institut de Criminologie et de droit pénal de Paris 

                                                                 Paris: Dalloz

 

2004-                                                   Series “Acta Methodologica”

                                                            Director

                                                            Edizioni Giuffrè, Italy

 

Reviewer/Referee

 

2021                                                    ANVUR Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca/ Nation Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (Italy): VQR 2015-2019

 

2018-                                                   Informal Logic – Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and Practice 

                                                                 University of Windsor, Ca.

 

2018-                                                   Collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche (= della Facoltà di Giurisprudenza) 

                                                                Università di Trento, Italy

 

2017-                                                  JAIC - Journal of Argumentation in Context 

                                                              J. Benjamins, Amsterdam

 

2017-                                                       Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche

                                                                Università di Verona, Italy

                                                                (Area IUS-20 Filosofia del Diritto)

 

2013-                                                 Teoria e Critica della Regolazione Sociale - Quaderni

                                                               Edizioni Mimesis, Italy

 

2012                                                    ANVUR Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca/ Nation Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (Italy): VQR 2004-2010

 

2012-2014                                           Ministero dell’Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (MIUR): ASN 2012-2013, membro della commissione per l’abilitazione scientifica nazionale dei professori di I e II fascia nel settore concorsuale 12/H3 – Filosofia del diritto

 

2012-                                                  Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto/ Journal of Legal Philosophy

 

2011                                                    Ministero dell’Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (MIUR): Albo dei revisori per la valutazione dei programmi di ricerca ministeriale

 

2011                                                    Università di Milano: revisore esterno per la valutazione dei candidati ad assegni di ricerca di Ateneo

 

2010                                                    ISSA Conference 2010 (University of Amsterdam): ISSA 2010 Proceedings 

 

 

Scientific/Organizing Commettees of International Conferences/Workshops

 

2022                                                     Trento Days on Rhetoric - GTR 22 

                                                                “Rhetoric, Communication & Social Responsibility”

                                                            Trento (Italy), May 23rd-24th

 

2018                                                         4th International Conference on Rhetoric “Day of Ivo Skaric”

                                                            Postira, Brac (Croatia), April 18th-21st

 

2016                                                     3rd International Conference on Rhetoric “Day of Ivo Skaric”

                                                            Postira, Brac (Croatia), April 20 h-23rd

 

2016                                                     Trento Days on Rhetoric - GTR 16 / 7th Italian Society for Law and                                                                   Literature 

                                                                “A Picture of Law. Multimodal Argumentation, Pluralism & Images                                                                   in Law”

                                                            Trento (Italy), June 16th-17th

 

2015                                                     Trento Days on Rhetoric - GTR 15

                                                                “Visual Argumentation & Reasonableness in Judicial Debate”

                                                            Trento (Italy), June 17th-19th

 

2012                                                     Trento Days on Rhetoric - GTR 12

                                                                “Argumentation & Rhetoric (in Public Discourse, in Language, in                                                                      Law)”

                                                            Trento (Italy), June 7th-8th

 

 

            

 

 

Professional

 

2009                                                 Scuola Forense

                                                            Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati

                                                            Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

 

2008                                                 Scuola Forense

                                                            Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati

                                                            Belluno, Italy

 

2007                                                 Scuola Forense

                                                            Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati

                                                           Trento, Italy

 

2006                                                 Scuola Forense

                                                            Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati

                                                            Pordenone, Italy

 

 

 

MAJOR ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS

 

2003-2008                                                  

 University Board of Administration

 University of Trento, Italy

 

1998-2000                                                  

 University Board of Administration

 University of Trento, Italy

 

               

1999-                                            Rector’s Delegate for Alps Adriatic Rectors’ Conference (AARC)

                                                     University of Trento, Italy

 

1996-2003                                                  

 University Library Board

 University of Trento, Italy

 

 

 

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

 

2021-                                       Collegio Nazionale dei Garanti

        ANPd’I - Associazione Nazionale Paracadutisti d’Italia (Associazione d’Arma,          con personalità giuridica riconosciuta con DPR n. 620 del 10 febbraio 1956)

         Presidente

 

2018-2021                               Collegio Nazionale dei Garanti

         ANPd’I - Associazione Nazionale Paracadutisti d’Italia (Associazione d’Arma,          con personalità giuridica riconosciuta con DPR n. 620 del 10 febbraio 1956)

        Rappresentante III Gruppo Regionale (Triveneto)

 

 

2016-2017                              Collegio Nazionale dei Probiviri

         ANPd’I - Associazione Nazionale Paracadutisti d’Italia (Associazione d’Arma          con personalità giuridica, riconosciuta con DPR n. 620 del 10 febbraio 1956)

         Presidente

 

2014-2018                                       

                                                 Collegio Nazionale dei Probiviri

        ANPd’I - Associazione Nazionale Paracadutisti d’Italia (Associazione d’Arma,          con personalità giuridica riconosciuta con DPR n. 620 del 10 febbraio 1956)

         Rappresentante III Gruppo Regionale (Triveneto)

 

2012                                        Autonomous Province of Trento: Commission for the Referendum

 

Awards and honours

2019                                         Distinguished Scholar of Natural Law Award - International Class         (Pázmani Péter  Catholic University, Budapest)

Conferences and lectures

Since 1986 he has carried out an intense activity of participation in conventions, conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad (United States, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia), in the field of legal philosophy and theory of the argument.

 

He has been a speaker at the world congresses of Philosophy of Law (IVR World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) in New York, Lund, Granada, Bucarest.

 

He has been a speaker at the conferences of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA Conference) at Amsterdam and Leiden.

 

He has been a speaker at the conferences of the European Conference on Argumentation (ECA Conference: Lisbon, Fribourg, Rome).

Other work

Former member of the scientific editorial board of the journal "I Quaderni di Avallon. Journal of studies on man and the sacred", Il Cerchio publishing house, Rimini.

 

Former member of the editorial board of the "Bulletin of Political Philosophy" (later: "CyberBFP" ).

 

He has published in "Oratori del Giorno. Monthly review of eloquence".

 

He has published in the "Review of Italian Lawyers", the official organ of the National Bar Association (ANF).

 

He has published in ISTRID-Institute for Defense Information Research Studies (Rome).

 

He has published in "Folgore!", Magazine of the National Parachute Association of Italy.

 

He has published in "UNUCI", the magazine of the National Union of Discharged Officers of Italy.

 

From 2014 to 2018 he was a member of the Board of Arbitrators of the ANPd'I - National Parachute Association of Italy (Weapon Association with legal personality, recognized with Presidential Decree No. 620 of 10 February 1956). In 2016 he was elected President of the College.

 

Since 2018 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the ANPd'I - National Parachutist Association of Italy. In 2021 he was elected President of the College.

Notes

Updated December 2023.

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