Institute of Global Law

SPADOLINI CHAIR

A Visiting Chair in memory of the late Italian Senator Spadolini, pictured right, was established at the Institute of Global Law to assist in the teaching of Italian law. It is financed by a number of Italian foundations and banks, including the Spadolini Foundation in Florence, the Banca d’Italia, the Compania di San Paolo and others. The Institute and, indeed, the whole Faculty of Laws express their deep appreciation to Professor Margiotta Broglio and Professor Avv. Cesare Mirabelli, Emeritus President of the Italian Constitutional Court, for their indefatigable efforts to create this valuable link between the two countries.

So far the following eminent Italian jurists have held the Chair:

Professor Cesare Mirabelli, Former President to the Italian Constitutional Court
Professor Dr Guido Alpa of the University of Rome
Professor Maurizio Lupoi of the University of Genoa
Professor Giovanna Visentini, formerly Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Genoa

The next visitor will be Professor Mauro Bussani of the University of Trieste. More elections are expected to be made from the academic years 2003 and 2004.

Professor Ian Dennis, Head of Department, welcoming the Italian Minister for Culture Sr Giuliano Urbani on his arrival at the Faculty premises. To the right of Professor Dennis, the Italian Ambassador, His Excellency, Sr Luigi Amaduzzi, and on the far right of the picture Professor Michael Bridge, Dean of the Faculty of Laws
His Excellency, The Italian Minister of Culture Sr Giuliani Urbani
A commemorative picture taken after the inauguration of the Spadolini Chair. From left to right: Italian Ambassador, His Excellency, Sr Luigi Amaduzzi; Professor Dennis (Head of Departement); Professor Markesinis, Chairman of the Institute of Global Law; His Excellency, The Italian Minister of Culture Sr Giuliani Urbani; and Professor Michael Bridge (Dean of the Faculty of Laws)
Dr Thilo Tetzlaff, DAAD Lecturer in German Law and Dr Ingrid Boccardi, Lecturer in Italian Law sharing a joke with Professor Markesinis, Chairman of the Institute of Global Law
UCL students participating in the Anglo-Italian Programme of the Faculty of Laws obviously happy with the prospect of spending next year in Genoa, Florence or Siena, Universities with which the UCL Law Faculty has close working links.
One more picture from the reception of the inauguration of the Spadolini Chair. To the left, (with the red tie) Sr Capitani, Minister of the Italian Embassy in London, and to the right His Excellency, The Italian Minister of Culture Sr Giuliani Urbani