Pietro De Francisci

Finally there is an authoritative person who hits the mark and knows what must be considered essential in Romanity. — Evola «La Vita Italiana» 1940De Francisci, Pietro. - Italian historian of Roman law (1883-1971). Already prof. in the univ. of Ferrara, Perugia, Sassari, Macerata, Padua, he taught from 1924 to 1954 the history of Roman law in the univ. From Rome. He was Minister of Grace and Justice from July 1932 to January 1935. National member of the Lincei (1936-46; 1956). Trained at the school of P. Bonfante, he dedicated his scientific activity to broadening the basis of historical knowledge of Roman law, considering the law as a partial aspect of a deeper historical reality. [Treccani19]
Main works: Studies on criminal actions and their passive non-passivity (1912); Συνάλλαγμα: history and doctrine of the so-called unnamed contracts (1913-16); The transfer of ownership (1924); a broad History of Roman Law (1926 and later, unfinished); Arcana Imperii (in 4 vols., 1947); Historical summary of Roman law (1948); Primordia civitatis (1959).
Opere principali: Studii sopra le azioni penali e la loro intrasmissibilità passiva (1912); Συνάλλαγμα: storia e dottrina dei cosiddetti contratti innominati(1913-16); Il trasferimento della proprietà (1924); una ampia Storia del diritto romano (1926 e segg., incompiuta); Arcana Imperii (in 4 voll., 1947); Sintesi storica del diritto romano (1948); Primordia civitatis (1959).
== Bio ==
Pietro De Francisci ( Rome , 18 December 1883 - Formia , 31 January 1971 ) was an Italian jurist, academic and politician . He was Minister of Grace and Justice of the Mussolini government .
The adherence to the regime and the leading roles that he occupied during the Twenties made him unpopular with the new political class that was established after the fall of fascism and in 1944 was exonerated from teaching. However, he continued to devote himself to the study and writing of legal essays; on 17 January 1949 he was reinstated in his teaching profession by the Council of State and until 1954 he was a teacher at La Sapienza. He wrote occasionally for Il Tempo , directed numerous cultural institutions and kept his literary production copious even in the Fifties and Sixties [3] .
He is buried in the Picozzi - De Francisci chapel in the municipal cemetery of Palosco .
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