The profile traces the life, works and administrative activities performed by the lawyer Domenico Acclavio, born in Taranto (1762-1828).

The essay draws a legal profile of the lawyer Alessandro Criscuolo, who lived between two centuries. Through his writings and his speeches, the author outlines the eloquent art and the juridical culture of Criscuolo.

Alessandro Criscuolo was one of major figures in criminal ionian advocacy between 1800 and 1900. Chairman of the Board of the Bar Association for over twenty years, his long legal profession there is witnessed by a rich collection consists of books, essays and miscellaneous writings in his signature through which it's possible to learn about its cultural eclecticism that embodied a full the nineteenth-century character of the lawyer, that the study of law accompanied the passion for history, poetry and literature in perfect cohesion. In the courtroom, in the halls of the city and provincial council, in speeches and public lectures, writings and legal allegations Criscuolo gave proof of a wonderful culture in the round that allowed him to expand in every respect, with mastery of language and concepts.

The book contains the biographies of 157 lawyers and attorneys of Salento area (between Bridisi, Lecce and Taranto) from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The individual items were entrusted to professors, researchers, lawyers and scholars of historical and legal matters.

Lived in the first part of XX century, Bentini was a famous italian criminal lawyer. His most significant work, "Advice to a young lawyer (words in his ear), Naples 1935", is a compendium of ethical standards and eloquence for young lawyers. The model of "eloquence syncopated" illustrated by Bentini - in line with the renewal of formal and thematic literary style of the twentieth century - repudiated the classical rigid schematism and was characterized by the concise style that reflected the 'imperatoria brevitas' professed by Fascism. He also published an essay of forensic psychology entitled "Le macchie sulla toga" (Naples 1927) in which there are clear influences of the "positive school". He wrote also numerous speeches and minor writings appeared in magazines La Toga and L´Eloquenza.

Archbishop of Taranto lived between late 1700 and early 1800. He was the author of Discorso istorico-politico dell’origine, del progresso e della decadenza del potere de’ chierici su le signorie temporali(Philadelphia sd but Naples) and Riflessioni sul discorso istorico-politico, dialogo del sig. Censorini italiano col sig. Ramour francese (Philadelphia, 1789). The two essays, placed on the Index by S. Office, are part of the controversy conducted by the Bourbon government against the Church on the so called tribute of 'Chinea'.

The biography traces the life and work of a criminal lawyer Alexander Criscuolo (1852-1938), born and lived in Taranto.

The essay analyzes the influence that had the American constitutional experience of the seventies of the eighteenth century on the French post revolutionary constitutionalism and on the Italian states of the so-called three-year period Jacobin. In particular is emphasized the incidence of the constitution of Philadelphia in 1776 on the constitution of Naples in 1799.

The biography traces the life and work of a civil rights lawyer Francesco De Nicola (1803-1868), the first mayor of Taranto after the unification of Italy.

The essay presents a biographical profile of the lawyer Domenico Acclavio, whose efforts in the various offices of Commissioner distributor of domains in 1809 and Intendant of the province in 1811 was instrumental in the implementation in Terra d'Otranto of the administrative and tax reforms enacted by the French Government. In particular, it’s analyzed the numerous circulars, instructions and orders addressed to the mayors of the municipalities of the Province which show his protective policy of the petty bourgeois and artisan class developed particularly in Salento which aroused strong opposition from the propertied classes. His dismissal from that position of Intendant was determined by drafting in 1818 of a severe report sent to the Minister Tommasi on general disapproval that the concordat with the Holy See had aroused in the province, in which the author expressed a clear sharing of anticurialism according to Pietro Giannone, recalling arguments largely used in the literature on the abolition of hackney.

Among the many essays of Giuseppe Capecelatro – in which it’s evident the influence of Pietro Giannone - is of particular interest the Discorso istorico-politico dell’origine, del progresso e della decadenza del potere de’ chierici su le signorie temporali (published anonymously in Naples in 1788) in which the author took part in the controversy conducted by the Bourbon government against the Church on the so-called tribute of Chinea. The agreement reached in 1791 between the King of Naples and the Pope sent in disgrace the authors - who wrote the essays against the Chinea - in front of the Bourbon government. For this reason Capecelatro didn’t hesitate to cooperate with the revolutionaries of 1799 to reform the municipality of Taranto.

Among the many essays about the problem of the tribute of so-called Chinea appeared in the end of the eighteenth century assumes a prominent position the essay of Giuseppe Capecelatro entitled Discorso istorico politico. Unlike other contemporary writings on the subject, the speech was particularly opposed by the ecclesiastical world and had the distinction of suffering the condemnation of S. Congregation of the Index. In response to criticism, he wrote Le Riflessioni al Discorso , which made ​​express reference to the Synod of Pistoia of Scipione de' Ricci: this latter reference made ​​by the very dangerous in the eyes of the Holy See, which suffered a new sentencing by the Court Index and earned wide Rebuttal written by the Dominican theologian Tommaso Maria Soldati

The difficulties experienced in the Kingdom of Naples in the execution of the law subversive of the feudal system led the new Government to establish in 1807 a special commission - known as the feudal commission - charged with resolving all issues between municipalities and former barons. The spirit of this law required that municipal authorities might prove due diligence in bringing to the feudal commission all questions related to the usurpations of the former barons. Many were, however, the cases in which the municipalities didn’t have the strength or the means to react against the former barons, often turned into new owners, and well entrenched within the same municipality in whose administration continued to demonstrate strong interference.

Nell’ambito del dibattito scientifico sul sistema penale avviatosi a Napoli dopo l’entrata in vigore del codice penale francese nel 1812, il magistrato Carlo Vecchioni offrì il suo contributo alla «produzione di un buon codice penale» con un’opera intitolata Pensieri intorno ad una teoria della legislazione penale, nella quale affrontò le principali problematiche connesse al diritto penale sostanziale, come il fondamento e i caratteri della pena (in contrapposizione alle teorie sull’argomento di Gian Domenico Romagnosi, a cui non risparmiò una pungente critica), il tentativo, la colpa, la complicità, differenziandosi dagli scrittori coevi (fra cui Niccola Nicolini e Pasquale Liberatore) che si dedicarono soprattutto alle questioni inerenti alla procedura penale. Il saggio – edito nel 1815 dopo la caduta di Murat – risulta caratterizzato da una forte influenza dei postulati sul common sense dei filosofi scozzesi della scuola di Thomas Reid ed in particolare delle riflessioni di Henry Home contenute nell’Essay on the History of the criminal law, riedito nel 1814 ad Edimburgo.

The essay examines the parliamentary debate on the single judge after the Unification of Italy. In particular highlights the contributions of Lawyers on the topic through doctrinal contributions and government debates.

The article addresses the problem of the Italian government enacted legislation on social security between 1800 and 1900. Especially during the fascist legislation to protect workers was encouraged through a policy to centralize under the control of the state all the existing social security institutions.

Il volume raccoglie saggi in materia di storia del diritto, delle istituzioni e delle relazioni internazionali aventi come oggetto il tema del Mediterraneo e la Grande Guerra

Il saggio analizza il sistema fiscale dell'università di Taranto attraverso fonti archivistiche inedite, tra cui il catasto onciario del 1746 e i verbali del locale decurionato. Da tale disamina è emerso che il regime fiscale fosse a carattere misto di "imposte dirette e gabelle" adottato da quei comuni che erano autorizzati a coprire la parte eccedente delle uscite con l'imposizione di gabelle. La città, infatti, versava in un cronico stato di dissesto che aveva comportato la sottoposizione dell'amministrazione finanziaria a controllo diretto da parte della Regia Camera della Sommaria ovvero la "deduzione in patrimonio" del peculio cittadino. Ciò comportava una limitazione nell'autonomia di spesa da parte del governo municipale che era vincolato alla preventiva autorizzazione della Camera della Sommaria.

Through the examination of parliamentary acts and bills, the paper analyzes the reforms of the armed forces (particularly the Army) implemented in Italy between the first and second world war. Specifically addressed are issues related to defense strategies, plans for mobilization and gathered, the organization of equipment and weapons, the rules for the tactical action that took on particular significance with regard to the geographical position of the Italian peninsula. Specific attention is given to the military policy implemented by the fascist regime, which aimed at a maximum modernization of the armed forces, and the effects that these reforms were made in the course of the Second World War.

The constitutional path of Iraq over the last century began with the establishment of the monarchy in 1925 and has been followed with the interim constitutions of 1958, 1963, 1964, 1968, and 1970, it remained in force until 2003 when - after the military occupation - were laid the foundations for a permanent constitution that was approved by referendum in 2005. The Iraqi constitutional debate that has accompanied the Charter of rights over the years is characterized by the problem of national identity, the protection of ethnic, religious, linguistic in the country and the question of the rights and freedoms granted to women

Attraverso l'indagine svolta su documentazione archivistica relativa ai fascicoli dei processi celebrati dinanzi al Tribunale militare della piazzaforte marittima di Taranto dal 1915 al 1918, il saggio analizza struttura e funzioni di questo Tribunale, ponendo in evidenza i reati più ricorrenti, i tempi di durata dei procedimenti, il rapporto tra imputati civili e militari e l’entità delle pene inflitte

Il saggio esamina la composizione e struttura del "tribunale speciale per la difesa dello Stato" introdotto dal governo fascista italiano nel 1926 con particolare distinzione delle funzioni esercitate dal giudice istruttore e dalla commissione istruttoria e dal tribunale in composizione collegiale. Attraverso lo studio delle sentenze, viene quindi offerto un quadro dell'attività politica esercitata dal Tribunale fino al 1943, anno della sua soppressione.

Through an analytical study of the judgments of the High Court Civil of Trani (1817-65), it´s examined the problem of the reasoning of the judgments and the use of Roman law which continued to be applied despite being formalemnte deleted.

This essay examines the path of legislative reform of the Italian army from 1919 to 1943. In particular, it's examined - through parliamentary debates - the different military policies over the years that have accompanied the reform of the army.

During the Nazism, Germany fighted against the law of the Roman tradition, imposing its own national law. Fascism instead retained the respect for the Roman tradition. The paper analyzes the discussions held at the Academy of German law and its relations with Italy

The Friendly Societies had been widely circulated in Italy after the Albertine Statute, through the recognition of freedom of association. Their number grew up to be very small during the fascism that would eliminate any private institution that had social security purposes

Il saggio conduce un esame sulla politica del fascismo italiano rispetto alla condizione giuridica delle donne nei diversi ambiti familiare, sociale, culturale, professionale e lavorativo. In particolare, vengono messe in luce le ambivalenze e contraddizioni della politica femminile attuata nel Ventennio che traevano origine da due diverse anime del regime: una tradizionalista diretta a confinare le donne nel ruolo di madri e mogli, nella considerazione che all’impegno bellico degli uomini avrebbe dovuto corrispondere il loro sforzo procreativo connesso al proprio «destino biologico» finalizzato ad accrescere la potenza della nazione; ed una modernista, caratterizzata dalla nazionalizzazione delle masse e dalla mobilitazione di tutte le risorse disponibili, con la conseguente celebrazione della «nuova italiana» e della «cittadina militante», favorita nel cameratismo delle organizzazioni femminili e nel sostegno dei suoi diritti nella costruzione di un forte stato nazionale.

Il volume costituisce il prodotto di un progetto di ricerca finanziato dall'ateneo di Bari ed aventi ad oggetto studi e ricerche sulla giurisprudenza delle Corti supreme di giustizia nel Mezzogiorno.

Tra i cosiddetti "processi farsa" diffusi nel Medioevo per spiegare le regole del diritto processuale, il "Liber Belial", noto anche come "Consolatio peccatorum", è stato uno dei libri più tradotti e stampati in Europa tra i secoli XV e XVI. Scritto nel 1382 da Jacopo da Teramo (1349-1417), l'opera descrive l'immaginario processo in cui diavoli decidono di promuovere una causa contro Gesù Cristo, il quale, dopo la Resurrezione, discese agli Inferi per liberare le anime dei patriarchi. Satana nomina Belial quale suo avvocato e fa appello alla giustizia divina per avviare il processo contro Gesù. Il testo è pieno di spunti e suggestioni relativi alla teologia, politica, diritto, letteratura, simbolismo e iconografia (in varie edizioni a stampa il testo è arricchito da diverse immagini che rappresentano le fasi procedurali ed alcune scene tratte dalla Bibbia). La causa intentata da Satana contro Gesù Cristo rappresenta la metafora del conflitto fra il Papato di Avignone e quello di Roma.

The assay is able to grasp the evolution in the jurisprudence of the High Court Civil of Trani (1817-65). Through the analysis of some sample sentences, it´s examined the problem of the reasoning of the judgments and the use of Roman law which continued to be applied despite being formalemnte deleted.

Lived in the first half was a lawyer and magistrate de'1800 His most significant work was Dell’ordinamento dei giudizi e della equità (Naples 1844), dedicated to natural equity as a remedy to cases of "silence, defect, or darkness of the laws

This essay reconstructs the paths historiography concerning the Red Book of the city of Taranto on which, starting from XIX century, many scholars - including Gennaro Maria Monti and Giovanni Cassandro - have devoted interesting research, but failed to complete the publication of a critical edition of the book.

La recensione mette in luce gli aspetti più significativi del contributo offerto dal volume di Floriana Colao agli studi sulla storia del processo penale nel Novecento. In particolare focalizza l'attenzione sulla rilettura delle vicende legate alla codificazione processual-penalistica attraverso un'indagine tra politica e giustizia, ideologie e pratiche di amministrazione.

La recensione passa in rassegna i saggi di cui si compone il volume collettaneo raccolti in occasione del convegno sul tema Razza, diritto, esperienza. A settant'anni dalle leggi razziali tenutosi a Catania nell'ottobre 2008.

Review to the book edited by Pamela Martino entitled "The judges of the common law and the (cross) fertilization" that collects the essays of young scholars of comparative public law and international law on the subject of the "internal" debate to the Courts of paradigmatic experiences of common law area with regard to the theme of the jurisprudential dialogue.

Review to the book "Libro Rosso di Taranto" published by the Society of National History for Puglia in the series "Codice Diplomatico Pugliese" represents a significant contribution to historical legal studies on citizen privileges.

Giuliano has Lapesa drew a long itinerary of economic, demographic and social development of the town ​​of Taranto from 1861 to 1940, which is marked by two major industrial settlements consisting of the construction of the military arsenal in 1889 and construction of the shipyards (Tosi) in 1914.

This book presents the results of a long process of research carried out by the author of an extensive archival material consulted in the Public record offices of Taranto, Lecce, Naples and Paris. Through the examination of these documents Stefano Vinci investigated from inside the administrative and financial system of the municipalities in Terra d'Otranto between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth century, with particular attention to the reforms introduced by the French and their effects in the peripheries of the Kingdom. Specifically are examined the problems related to the organization of municipal bodies, the evolution of the local Parliament, the interference and usurpations of the barons and the consequent lawsuits filed in Neaples, the state of the finances and space of autonomy of the peripheral organisms compared to the power of the offices in Neaples.

This essay explains the problem of the social legislation enacted in Italy during Fascism. Through the examination of the Carta del Lavoro (Labour Charter) of 1927 (the program document analyzing the issue of public security), and of the laws enacted between 1926 and 1943, it’s possibile to understand fascist social policy which sought to bring under the hands of the regime a system of social protection still marked by the presence of mutualism and sectarian-related charitable initiatives. The new model of social organization of the cooperative type wanted to delete all the intermediate structures between population and State (decreasing free partecipation to some associations). It eliminated free membership and free fees payed by people to social security bodies and transformed them in public institutions.

In the feudal organization the conditions of the foreign people, at which the lord did not guarantee his protection, was exactly the same of the slaves. They were considered aubain, namely without a personal allégeance with the lord of the lands: derived from it the socalled droit d’aubaine, referred, firstly to the feudal lord and secondly to the king, who was allowed to inherit all the properties of the not naturalized foreigners, dead in feud or in the kingdom. Their condition improved with the diffusion of new ideas like the natural equality between people, introduced by the doctrine of natural law. With the French Revolution the principle of equality attacked the legitimacy of the differences between the foreigners and the citizens and cut off every link of personal dependence. In the second half of 1800 will grow the idea of membership and the symbol of the national identity because of an expansion’s logic in an international scene dominated to the terror of the war. So it’s evident a significant difference to the foreigners-enemy internal and external and it becomes more difficult the freedom of circulation between countries: the previous idea of equality of the people yields to the racial theories and the colonialist science, typical of totalitarism

In the early eighteenth century, the municipal system of universities in the Kingdom of Naples was based on the existence of a parliament to which were called to intervene all citizens head of the family of the town. But this system of general suffrage, which was closely related to the nature of the institution of parliament intended as a universal assembly, in some cities have come gradually to fall, giving way to a smaller council (Decurionate) in which the electoral power was concentrated in the hands «de nobili e degli honorati», to the disadvantage of farmers and artisans, no longer admitted to take part in that general assembly that would have called to resolve major issues concerning the city government. At the end XVIII century, the Decurionate was opened to the lower class such as farmers and artisans: this extension worked in almost every city in the Kingdom responded to the logic of break the monopoly of the aristocracy in the management of municipal affairs that often coinciding with the interests of the noble class: at least in theory this new social equilibrium would crack not only the power of the nobility, but also of the bourgeoisie laying in the «genteel parasitism».

The essay illustrates the conditions under which the advocacy was laid during the Italian fascism. In particular, attempts to examine the regulation of the legal profession during the Fascist period and the reaction of the lawyers who put his hand in numerous writings of forensic ethics.

Judge in Naples under the Bourbons. He wrote a large treatise entitled Pensieri intorno ad teoria di legislazione penale (Naples, 1815) in which he criticized the theories of Gian Domenico Romagnosi on the basis of the penalty.