‘Law and Economics’

Giorgio Del Vecchio (1878-1970) was a major Italian philosopher of law, with an international reputation. Educated at the Universities of Genoa, Rome and Berlin, he received the Dr. Juris. from the University of Rome in 1900. He taught at the Universities of Ferrara, Sassari, Messina and Bologna and was for many years professor of law at the University of Rome, where he also held at various times the positions of Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Law and of the Faculty of Political Science. He was also professor at the Academy of International Law, The Hague, and president of the International Institute of the Philosophy of Law. Founder of the Rivista internazionale di filosofia del diritto in 1921, he was deposed by the Fascists in 1938, resuming the position in 1947 and continuing until 1967.