caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality party birth_date image article_title name occupation
gianfranco miglio in the 1960s 10 april 2001 como , republic of italy como , kingdom of italy 250px italian lega nord 11 january 1918 gianfranco miglio 1960s.jpg gianfranco miglio
 gianfranco miglio politician , jurist
gianfranco miglio

gianfranco miglio -lrb- 11 january 1918 -- 10 august 2001 -rrb- was an italian jurist , political scientist and politician , founder of the partito federalista .
for 30 years , he presided over the political science faculty of milan 's università cattolica -lrb- catholic university -rrb- .
later on in his life , he was elected as an independent member of the parliament to the italian senate for the `` lega nord '' .
the supporters of `` umberto bossi '' 's party called him `` prufesùr '' -lrb- the professor -rrb- , a lombard nickname to remember his role .
inspired by max weber and carl schmitt , miglio 's works have analysed prevailing power structures in politics , parliamentarianism and bureaucracies .
an advocate of federalism , miglio grew even more radical in his later years , moving to a confederal or even secessionist and libertarian standpoint , in part due to his readings of Étienne de la boétie and henry david thoreau .
some of miglio 's work has been published in english by the journal `` telos '' , but the bulk of his opus has never been translated from italian .
