CARLO GUARNIERI CURRICULUM VITAE born: Milan, October, 3

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CARLO GUARNIERI
CURRICULUM VITAE
born: Milan, October, 3 1949
family status: married, two sons
permanent address: via S.Stefano 101, 40125 Bologna, Italy, ph: +39-051-346517; mobile: +39-3358289540
office address: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Strada
Maggiore 45, 40125 Bologna, Italy, ph: +39-051-2092724; fax: +39-051-234036
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.unibo.it/docenti/carlo.guarniericalbo
Current Academic Position
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna
(since 1990)
Education
1973: university degree [laurea] magna cum laude in Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, University of Florence (supervisor: Gianfranco Pasquino)
1968: higher school degree in Classics, Liceo "Michelangiolo", Florence
Academic and Research Positions
Since 2014: Head, Centre of Judicial Studies (CeSROG), University of Bologna
2013 Spring: Academic Visitor, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of
Oxford
Since 2011: member, Scientific Committee, Studies and Training Board, Council of State, Rome
Since 2010: Fellow, Judicial Institute, University College London
2009-12: coordinator Erasmus LLProject Menu for Justice. Toward a European Curriculum Studiorum
on Judicial Studies.
2003 Spring: Visiting Professor, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris
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2001 Spring: Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Montpellier
2000 Fall: Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California,
Berkeley
Since 1997: Associate, Research Institute on Judicial Studies, National Research Council (IRSIGCNR), Bologna
1988-90: Professor, Higher School of Public Administration, Prime Minister's Department, Rome
1986-88: Professor, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Faculty of Economic and Social
Sciences, University of Calabria
1983-86: Associate Professor, Department of Organization and Political System, Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Bologna
1979-83: Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences,
University of Bologna
1977-78: Ford Fellow, Department of Politics, Princeton University
1975-79: Teaching Assistant, Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences,
University of Bologna
1974-75: Research Assistant, Center of Comparative Politics, Faculty of Political Sciences,
University of Florence
1973-74: Research Assistant, "Centro di Studi Economici e Sociali" (CESES), Milan
Courses Taught
Comparative Administration
Comparative Judicial Systems
Comparative Politics
Italian Political System
Judicial Organization and Behavior
Organization Theory
Political Science
Public Administration
Other Professional and Institutional Activities
2007-2013: member, Executive Committee, Italian Society of Political Science.
Head, Study Program in Political Sciences, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna
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(2001-2007)
Dean, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna (1997-2000)
President, Permanent Conference of Faculties of Political Sciences (1999-2000)
Secretary, Permanent Conference of the Faculties of Political Sciences, Rome (1998-99)
President, Scientific Committee, Research Institute on Judicial Systems, National Research
Council, Bologna (1993-1997)
Head, Study Program in Public Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of
Bologna (1991-97)
Member, Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law of the Higher Council of the Judiciary,
Ministry of Justice, Rome, (1996)
Member, Scientific Committee, Italian Doctoral Program in Political Science, Florence (1995-2013)
Member, Academic Organizing Committee, "Judicial Cultures of Europe", international meetings
sponsored by the French Ministry of Justice and organized by the Ecole Nationale de la
Magistrature (1994-95)
Visiting Speaker, Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, Bordeaux and Paris, (since 1993)
Member, Scientific Board and Executive Committee, "Rivista italiana di scienza politica" [19802000]
Member, Executive Committee, "Rivista trimestrale di scienza dell'amministrazione" [1982-1991]
Scientific Advisor, Società Editrice Il Mulino (1980-2007)
Main Research Experience
The independence of the judiciary: a conceptual and empirical analysis
The organization and the institutional setting of the judiciary in democratic countries: a
comparative analysis of the civil and common law traditions
The status and the role of public prosecution in contemporary democratic regimes
The judiciary in the political systems of Western Europe
The judiciary and the process of democratic consolidation in Southern Europe
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The judicialization process in Europe
Books
Il sistema politico italiano, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 (2nd ed. 2011).
Giustizia e politica. I nodi della Seconda Repubblica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003
(with Patrizia Pederzoli), La magistratura nelle democrazie contemporanee, Bari, Laterza, 2002
La giustizia in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001 (2nd ed. 2011) (Spanish edition: Judicialismo, Buenos
Aires, Hammurabi, 2003)
(with Patrizia Pederzoli), La democrazia giudiziaria, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1997 (Spanish edition: Los
jueces y la politica, Madrid, Taurus, 1999; updated English edition: The Power of Judges. A
Comparative Study of Courts and Democracy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002)
(with Patrizia Pederzoli), La puissance de juger, Paris, Michalon, 1996
Magistratura e politica in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1992 [2nd ed. 1993]
Pubblico ministero e sistema politico, Padova, Cedam, 1984
L'indipendenza della magistratura, Padova, Cedam, 1981
Other Publications
The Courts, in G. Pasquino, E. Jones and M. Gilbert (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
L’indipendenza del giudice: aspetti comparati, in D. Cavallini (ed.), Argomenti di ordinamento
giudiziario, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2014, pp. 25-46.
Social Science and Judicial Studies: Lessons from the US and Europe, in D. Piana et al. (ed.), Legal
Education and Judicial Training in Europe, The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2013, pp. 714.
Judicial Independence in Europe: Threat or Resource for Democracy?, in “Representation”, 2013, vol. 49,
no. 3, 347-359
(with G. Di Federico), Scienza politica e sistema giudiziario, in G. Pasquino, M. Regalia e M.
Valbruzzi (eds.), Quarant’anni di scienza politica in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2013, pp. 171-185.
Courts Enforcing Political Accountability. The Role of Criminal Justice in Italy, in D. Kapiszewski, G.
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Silverstein and R. Kagan (eds.), Consequential Courts. Judicial Roles in Global Perspective, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 163-180. ISBN: 13-9781107693746.
Die Rolle der Justiz in der italienische Politik, in K. Rörig, U. Glassmann, S. Köppl (Hrsg.), Lanbericht
Italien, Bonn, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2012, pp. 266-287. ISBN: 978-3-8389-0240-1.
La configuration institutionnelle du pouvoir judiciaire, in M. Troper e D. Chagnollaud (eds.), Traité
international de droit constitutionnel, Paris, Dalloz, 2012, Tome 2 : Distribution des pouvoirs, Paris,
Dalloz, 2012, pp. 287-320.
Judges, their careers, and independence, in D. S. Clark, Comparative Law and Society, Elgar, 2012, pp.
193-215.
(with D. Piana), Macro and Micro Factors in the Dialogue among Highest Courts, in “Utrecht Law
Review”, VIII (2012), 2, pp. 139-157.
Reti giudiziarie europee e modelli di ordinamento giudiziario, in R. Toniatti et al. (acd), Le nuove
competenze dell’Unione europea in materia di giustizia, Trento, Provincia autonoma di Trento, 2011,
pp. 187-195. ISBN: 978-88-7702-307-0.
Judiciary, in B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser e L. Morlino (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Political
Science, Londra, SAGE, 2011, pp. 1382-1388. ISBN: 9781412959636.
(with D. Piana), Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Exploring the European Experience, in S.
Shetreet and C. Forsyth (eds.), The Culture of Judicial Independence, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2011,
pp. 113-124. ISBN: 978 90 04 18833 4.
Berlusconi on Trial: Some Lessons for Judicial Accountability, Oxford, The Foundation for Law, Justice
and Society (in affiliation with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford), 2011.
Organizaçao e estrutura do Ministério Pùblico na Italia, in “Revista do Conselho Nacional do
Ministério Pùblico”, 2011, n. 1, pp. 103-126.
Magistratura e politica: un’integrazione difficile?, in “Democrazia e diritto”, XLVIII (2011), 3-4. pp. 2738
La penalizzazione della politica: una peculiarità italiana?, in “ItalianiEuropei”, 2010, n.1, pp. 68-73.
Preserving rights and protecting the public: the Italian experience, in M. Volcansek and J. Stack (eds.),
Courts and Terror: Comparative Experience in Democratic Governance and the Rule of law, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 169-180, ISBN-13: 9781107001107.
The Politics of the Judicial Reforms, in R. Coman and C. Dallara (eds.), Handbook on Judicial Politics,
Iaşi (Romania), Editura Institutul European, 2010, pp. 41-60, ISBN: 978-973-611-713-8.
Judicial Independence in Authoritarian Regimes : Lessons from Continental Europe, in R. Peerenboom
(ed.), Judicial Independence in China: A Comparative Developmental Approach, Cambridge, Cambridge
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University Press, 2009, pp. 234-246.
L’evoluzione del ruolo del giudice nei regimi democratici, in M. Vogliotti (ed.), Il tramonto della
modernità giuridica. Un percorso interdisciplinare, Torino, Giappichelli, 2008, pp. 200-217.
Origini, sviluppo e problemi delle “correnti giudiziarie”, in A. Bevere (acd), I magistrati e le correnti.
Alla ricerca dell’indipendenza da se stessi, Napoli, ESI, 2008, pp. 17-29.
(con P. Pederzoli e F. Zannotti), Il ruolo politico della magistratura, in G. Capano (acd), Non solo
potere: le altre facce della politica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 251-278.
La magistratura in Italia: un profilo storico e comparato, in P.Biavati et al., La giustizia civile e penale in
Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 19-74.
La discrezionalità controllata, in “La Magistratura”, n.1, gennaio-marzo 2008, pp. 38-44.
La giustizia fra politica e media, in “Il Mulino”, LVII (2008), pp. 34-44.
Lawyers and Statist Liberalism in Italy, in T.C. Halliday, L. Karpik e M.M. Feeley (eds.), Fighting for
Political Freedom. Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Liberalism, Oxford, Hart, 2007,
pp. 439-461.
Judicial Politicization, in D.S. Clark (acd.), Encyclopedia of Law and Society, Londra, SAGE,
2007,pp.855-856.
Professional qualifications of the judiciary in Italy, France and Germany, in Transparency International,
Global Corruption Report 2007. Corruption in Judicial Systems, Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 2007, pp. 56-61.
Courts and Marginalized Groups: Perspectives from Continental Europe, in “International Journal of
Constitutional Law”, V (2007), n.2, pp. 187-210.
Prefazione, to J. Allard e A. Garapon, La mondializzazione dei giudici, (pp. XI - XX), Macerata,
Liberilibri, 2007.
La riforma impossibile, in “Legislazione penale”, XXV (2006), pp. 570-573.
with Francesca Zannotti, Prefazione in C. Guarnieri e F. Zannotti (eds), Giusto processo?, Padova,
CEDAM, 2006, pp. IX-XVI.
Divisione del potere, giusto processo e separazione delle carriere, in C. Guarnieri e F. Zannotti (eds),
Giusto processo?, Padova, CEDAM, 2006, pp. 85-112
(con P.Magalhaes e Y. Kaminis), Democratic Consolidation, Judicial Reform and the Judicialisation of
Politics in Southern Europe, in R. Gunther, N. Diamandouros and D. Sotiropoulos (eds.), Democracy
and the State in the New Southern Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 138-196.
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Le Contrôle Informel: L’institution Judiciaire, les Juges et la Société, in G. Canivet, M. Andenas and D.
Fairgrieve (eds.), Independence, Accountability, and the Judiciary, London, British Institute of
International and Comparative Law, 2006, pp. 405-415.
Divisione del potere, giusto processo e separazione delle carriere, in C. Guarnieri e F. Zannotti (eds.),
Giusto processo?, Padova, CEDAM, 2006, pp. 85-112
‘El Gobierno de los Jueces’ en Europa/’Governing with Judges’ in Europe in « Punto Europa », 1, 2005,
pp. 27-33
(with James J. Newell), Introduction: 2004 – a Year “On Hold”?, in C. Guarnieri e J.J. Newell (eds.),
Italian Politics: Quo Vadis?, New York, Berghahn Books, 2005, pp.29-46.
with A. Garapon, La globalizzazione giudiziaria, in “Il Mulino”, LIV (2005), n.1, pp. 165-175.
Giustizia e politica: in Italia e non solo, in “Nuova informazione bibliografica”, n.3, Luglio-Settembre
2004, pp. 525-544
La riforma dell’Ordinamento giudiziario: quale separazione fra giudice e pubblico ministero? In “la Rivista
del Consiglio”, Ordine degli avvocati di Milano, 2004, 2, pp. 42-59.
Giudiziari, sistemi, in Enciclopedia del Novecento, III, Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, 2004,
vol. A-G, pp.553-560.
Appointment and career of judges in continental Europe: the rise of judicial self-government , in “Legal
Studies”, XXIV (2004), pp. 169-187.
Judicial Independence and Power in Italy, in “Revue Suisse de Science Politique”, IX (2003), n.3, pp.
134-141.
Courts as an Instrument of Horizontal Accountability: The Case of Latin Europe, in J.M. Maravall and A.
Przeworski (eds.), Democracy and the Rule of Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003,
pp. 223-241.
L’assetto della magistratura in un sistema bipolare, in “Questione giustizia”, 2003, n.2, pp.355-360.
Valutazione della professionalità e garanzie di indipendenza, in E. Bruti Liberati (ed.), I magistrati e la
sfida della professionalità, Milano, IPSOA, 2003, pp.75-78.
Magistratura, in V. De Grazia e S. Luzzatto (eds.), Fascismo. Un dizionario critico, Torino, Einaudi,
2003, II, pp. 74-78
Poder e independencia judicial en Italia, in “Juez”, I (2003), n.2, pp. 9-18
Die Politisierung der Gerichtsbarkeit in Italien, in B. Rill (Hrsg.), Argumente und Materialen zum
Zeitgeschehen, Monaco, Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, 2003, pp. 145-154.
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Magistrates (civil law systems), in H.M. Kritzer (ed.), Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and
Cultural Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 2002, 941-944
Mani pulite: le radici e le conseguenze, in “Il Mulino”, LI (2002), n.2, 223-231.
El acceso a la magistratura: problemas teòricos y anàlisis comparato, in R.J. Asensio (ed.), El acceso a la
funciòn judicial. Estudio comparato, Madrid, Consejo General del Poder Judicial, 2001, pp. 19-39
with M. Feeley, Courts and Adjudication, in N. J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (editors) International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Oxford, Pergamon, 2001
Judicial Independence in Latin Countries of Western Europe, in D. O’Brien and P.H. Russell (eds.),
Judicial Independence: Critical Perspectives from around the World, University Press of Virginia, 2001,
pp. 111-130.
Judicialization: Borders between Political and Legal Culture, in K.A. Modéer (ed.), The New Federalism:
Structures and Infrastructures, American and European Perspectives, Stockholm, FRN, 2000, pp. 68-79.
La responsabilité des juges, in O. Beaud e J.M. Blanquer (eds.), La responsabilité des gouvernants, Paris,
Descartes, 1999, pp.179-187
(with P.Magalhaes), O activismo judicial na Europa do Sul, in “Sub judice”, n.14 (1999), pp. 7-14
I grandi corpi: la Corte di cassazione, in L. Violante (ed.), Storia d’Italia. Annali 14. Legge Diritto
Giustizia, Torino, Einaudi, 1998, pp. 793-817
Regimes Changes and Administrative Continuity: Bureaucracy and the Legacy of Fascism in Italian
Democracy, in S.Larsen and B.Hagtvet (eds.), Modern Europe after Fascism, Norwegian University
Press, 1998
Forza e debolezza della magistratura italiana, in V. Borracetti et al. (acd), Compiti della politica. Doveri
della giurisdizione, Milano, Franco Angeli, 1998, pp. 42-48.
La magistratura nella transizione politica italiana, in “Rivista di diritto costituzionale”, 1997, pp. 171185.
Preface to M. Minghetti, I partiti politici e la loro ingerenza nella giustizia e nell’amministrazione,
Milano, Società Aperta, 1997.
with Patrizia Pederzoli, The Judicialization of politics, Italian style, in “Journal of Modern Italian
Studies”, III (1997), 321-336.
with Patrizia Pederzoli, Italy: A Case of Judicial Democracy?, in “International Social Science
Journal”, n. 157, June 1997, pp. 253-270.
The Judiciary in the Italian Political Crisis, in “West European Politics”, 1997, pp.157-175.
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Prosecution in Two Civil Law Countries: France and Italy, in D. Nelken (ed.), Comparing Legal Cultures,
Aldershot, Dartmouth, 1997, pp.183-193
Magistratura e sistema politico nella storia d’Italia, in R. Romanelli (ed.), Magistrati e potere nella storia
europea, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1997, pp.241-271.
Magistratura, in Enciclopedia delle scienze sociali, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, vol.V,
1996, pp.446-458
(with Patrizia Pederzoli), L’espansione del potere giudiziario nelle democrazie contemporanee, in
“Rivista italiana di scienza politica”, XXVI (1996), pp.269-315
The Political Role of the Italian Judiciary, in S.Sechi (ed.), Deconstructing Italy: Italy in the Nineties,
Berkeley, University of California, International and Area Sudies, 1995, pp.90-112.
L’ordine pubblico e la giustizia penale, in R.Romanelli (ed.), Storia dello stato, Roma, Donzelli, 1995,
pp.365-405
Judicial Independence and Policy-making in Italy, in C.N. Tate and T. Vallinder (eds.), The Global
Expansion of Judicial Power, New York, New York University Press, 1995, pp.243-260.
Geopolitica della magistratura, in "Limes", 1994, n.4, pp. 101-112.
Justice et politique: le cadre institutionnel, in A. Delcamp et Y. Lèonard (acd.), Les régimes politiques
européens en perspective, "Cahiers Français", n.268, oct.-déc. 1994, pp.53-71
Justice and Politics: The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective, in "Indiana International &
Comparative Law Review", IV (1994), pp.241-257.
The Italian Judiciary and the Crisis of the Political System, in "Italian Journal", VII (1993), pp.20-22
L'universita` irresponsabile. L'autonomia incompiuta, in "Il Mulino", XLI (1992), pp.287-296.
Checks without Balances: Judicial Power and Politics in Italy, in "Italian Journal", V (1991), n.3-4, pp.813
Magistratura e politica: il caso italiano, in "Rivista italiana di scienza politica", XXI (1991), pp.3-32
La politica della giustizia, in B.Dente (ed.), Le politiche pubbliche in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1990,
pp.83-99
Strutture e processi decisionali e Burocrazia e magistratura, in L.Morlino (ed.), Scienza Politica, Torino,
Fondazione Agnelli, 1989, pp. 199-221 e 223-240
Magistratura e sistema politico, in G.Freddi (ed.), Manuale di scienza dell'amministrazione, Roma, La
Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1989, pp.243-279
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Burocrazie pubbliche e consolidamento democratico: il caso italiano, in "Rivista italiana di scienza
politica", XVIII (1988), pp.73-103
with G. Di Federico, Courts in Italy, in J.Waltman e K.Holland (eds.), The Political Role of Law Courts
in Modern Democracies, Londra, MacMillan, 1988, pp.153-180
Il rendimento della magistratura in Italia, in "Biblioteca della libertà", XXI (1986), n. 94, pp.91-112
Il "governo dei giudici" in Italia, in "Il Mulino", XXXV (1986), pp.191-200
Riforme e magistratura, in "Il progetto", V (1985), n.30, pp.65- 68
L'organizzazione delle strutture requirenti in Francia, Inghilterra, Repubblica federale tedesca, Stati Uniti ,
in "Quaderni della giustizia", IV (1984), n.35, pp.55-94
La magistratura, in "Archivio ISAP", 1984, n.2, pp.257-299
Corruzione e sistema politico, in "Cattaneo", II (1982), pp.32-38
L'indipendenza del pubblico ministero, in "Il Mulino", XXXI (1981),pp.725-745
Il ruolo politico della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti, in "Il Mulino", XXVIII (1979), pp.848-871
L'indipendenza della magistratura, in "Rivista trimestrale di
(1979), pp.29-56
diritto e procedura civile", XXXIII
La politicizzazione delle burocrazie pubbliche, in "Rivista trimestrale di scienza dell'amministrazione",
XXIV (1977), pp.435-462
Elites, correnti e conflitti fra i magistrati italiani: 1964- 1976, in "Politica del diritto", VII (1976), pp.653682
Cesarismo, in N.Bobbio e N.Matteucci (eds.), Dizionario di politica, Torino, UTET, 1976, pp.150-153
(2nd edition, 1983, pp.155-157)
Questione meridionale, in ibi, pp.822-828 (2nd edition, 1983, pp.932-940)
Elites e processi di mobilitazione nei regimi autoritari: Grecia e Portogallo , in "Il Politico", XL (1975),
pp.632-650
Main Conference Papers
Reassessing the civil law tradition: the changing role of the judge, 2014 Annual Lecture in Law and
Society, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Wolfson College, Oxford, May 28 th 2014
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Strengthening Judicial Independence in Central and Eastern Europe: a first assessment, Paper prepared
for presentation at the GIGA International Workshop “Courts under Pressure: Formal and
Informal Dynamics of Political Intervention in New Democracies”, Hamburg, 27-28 February
2014
Confronting the growing significance of courts in Europe: the implications for judges and prosecutors,
paper presented at the meeting “Que sao os nossos magistrados? Caracterizao professionais dos
juizes e magistrados do Ministerio publico en Portugal”, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade
de Coimbra, Lisbona, 20 September 2013
Indignation des juges et confiance dans la justice, main speech at the training session « Magistrados
indignados », IGO (Belgian Judicial Training Institute), Bruxelles, 29 August 2013
(with D. Cavallini), The implementation of ECtHR rulings: some perspectives, relazione presentata al
convegno "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Inter-American System of Human Rights",
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotà, 4 dicembre 2012
Le rôle du juge dans les démocraties constitutionnelles, main speech at the training session of the IGO
(Belgian Judicial Training Institute), Bruxelles, 30 August 2012
Judicial Independence in the European Union, Bar Society Congress, Ankara, January 10-14, 2012
La conception occidentale de l’indépendance judiciaire: son évolution et ses problèmes, Colloque « Le sens
de la justice en Chine et Europe », Paris, Conseil d’Etat, July 19-20, 2011.
Do Judicial Councils further Judicial Independence? Some Lessons from Europe, TEPAV, Ankara, May
27, 2011
Courts: Threat or Resource for Democracy?, seminar on “The Role of Courts in a Democracy”,
Foundation for Justice, Law and Society and Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, February 1011, 2011
(with D. Piana), Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Exploring the European Experience, Interim
Meeting, IPSA Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Politics, Bologna, June 21-23, 2010
(con D. Piana), The changing role of Highest Courts in an internationalising world: in search of
cosmopolitan judges , seminar on “The Role of the Highest Courts in an Internationalising World”,
HIIL, Bologna, November 20, 2009
Political fragmentation and judicial activism: political reactions to prosecutorial power in Italy, France and
Spain, 5th ECPR Conference, Potsdam, September 10-12, 2009
Courts enforcing political accountability: the role of criminal justice in Italy, paper presented at the
meeting “The Dilemmas of Judicial Power”, A Sawyer Seminar at the University of California,
Berkeley, November 7-8, 2008
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Judicial Independence in Authoritarian Regimes: Judging and Networking. Lessons from Continental
Europe, paper presented at the meeting “Judicial Reforms in China”, Sciences Po, IHEJ, Paris,
December 14th, 2007
Magistrati in Europa: Indipendenza, Professionalità, Responsabilità. Il caso italiano, paper presented at
the meeting “Magistrati in Europa”, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Università di Urbino, November
10th, 2007
Autonomy e responsibility of the Judicial Council: should it be accountable for its actions? , paper
presented to the Third European Conference of Judges, Council of Europe, Rome, March 26-27,
2007.
Separazione dei poteri e separazione delle carriere: un carattere fondamentale delle democrazie
costituzionali, paper presented to the conference on “La separazione delle carriere”, Unione delle
camere penali italiane, Milan, January 20, 2007.
Courts and the Marginalized: perspectives from continental Europe , paper presented at the meeting
“Courts and the Marginalized. Theoretical and Comparative Perspective”, Universidad Diego
Portales, Santiago de Chile, December 1-2, 2005
Lawyers and Statist Liberalisms in Italy II, paper presented at the meeting on “The Legal Complex
and Political Liberalisms”, Onati, International Institute of Sociology of Law, May 2-6, 2005
Judicial Education as a Support to Judicial Independence and Major Justice Reform, paper presented to
the Second International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary: Judicial Education in a
World of Challenge and Change, Ottawa, November 3, 2004
Pubblico ministero e giudice: funzioni e carriere in discussione, paper presented to the congress of the
“Italian Association of Criminal Lawyers”, Udine, October 22, 2004
Lawyers and Statist Liberalisms in Italy, paper presented at the International Working Group for
Comparative Studies of Legal Professions European Conference, Berder, June 30-July 3 2004
I problemi di riforma dell’ordinamento giudiziario : separazione delle funzioni, delle carriere o corpi
separati ?, introductory speech to the meeting “La riforma dell’ordinamento giudiziario: la
separazione delle carriere”, Unione delle camere penali italiane, Milano, 3 April 2004
Le contrôle informel : l’institution judiciaire, les juges et la société, paper presented to the FrenchBritish colloquium « Rendre compte de la qualité de la justice », Paris, Cour de cassation, 14-15
november 2003.
(www.courdecassation.fr/manifestations/manifestations.htm)
Judicial Legitimacy in Latin Europe, paper presented at the Interim Meeting del IPSA Research
Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies, Parma, 16-18 June 2003
The Judiciary and Democratic Consolidation, paper presented at the conference on “Democratic
Transition and Consolidation”, FRIDE and Gorbachev Foundation for North America, Madrid, 19-
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20 October 2001
Courts as Instrument of Horizontal Accountability, paper presented at the meeting on “Democracy
and the Rule of Law”, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, 22-24 June 2000
Judicial Independence in Latin Countries of Western Europe, paper presented at the Interim Meeting of
the IPSA Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies, Northwestern University, Boston,
30 August-1 September 1998
La responsabilité des juges, paper presentated at the meeting “La responsabilité des gouvernants”,
Faculté de Droit - IEP, Université de Lille, 25-26 May 1998
The Role of the Judiciary in the Italian Transition: A Tentative Assessment, paper presented at the joint
workshops of the ECPR, Warwick, 23-28 March 1998
Judicialization: Borders Between Political and Legal Culture, paper presented at Symposium on “The
New Federalism”, Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination and Research, Stockholm, 2123 September 1997.
Change and Continuity in the Bureaucratic Setting of European Judiciaries, paper presented at the
workshop “Judges: Selection and Evaluation”, Onati International Institute for the Sociology of
Law, 17-18 March 1997
Obbligatorietà e discrezionalità dell’azione penale, paper presented at the Italian-Portuguese Seminar
on “Ordinamento giudiziario comparato con particolare riferimento al pubblico ministero”,
Higher Council of the Judiciary, Frascati, 9-11 December 1996.
The Judiciary in the Political Systems of Latin Europe, paper presented at the Interim Meeting of the
Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies, IPSA, Jerusalem (Israel), 1-4 July 1996
Giurisdizione e politica, oral report at the XI National Congress of Magistratura Democratica
“Compiti della politica, doveri della giurisdizione”, Napoli, 29 February-3 March 1996
Power or democracy. Judicial-political Relationships in Future Europe, conference held at the Faculty of
Law, University of Lund (Svezia), 9 May 1995
Il ruolo della magistratura nel sistema politico italiano , paper presented at the meeting “La nuova
politica italiana”, Adenauer Foundation, Cadenabbia (CO), 6-8 April 1995
Pubblico ministero e sistema politico: il problema della separazione delle carriere , paper presented at the
meeting “Ordine giudiziario e democrazia. L’esperienza italiana”, European University Institute,
Florence, 30-31 March 1995
Vers une nouvelle séparation des pouvoirs?, general report presented at the meeting “Cultures
judiciaires d’Europe en mouvement”, Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice and Ecole
Nationale de la Magistrature, Paris, 9-10 February 1995
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Justice et politique en Italie, conference held at the Institut d’Histoire du Temps Présent, C.N.R.S.,
Paris, 23 January 1995
Le statut des magistrats en Europe: perspectives, oral report at the meeting “Le statut des magistrats
en Europe”, Paris, Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, 28 November-2 December 1994
The Judiciary and Politics in Contemporary Italy: Patterns of Relations, oral report at the workshop
“The History of the judges and of the judiciary”, European University Institute, Florence, 30
Novembre 1994
Justice et politique dans les pays démocratiques: une introduction, general report presented at the
meeting "Justice et politique", organized by the Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, Paris, 2930 September 1994
Prosecution in 2 Civil Law Countries: France and Italy, paper presented at the International Research
Committee for Sociology of Law Workshop on 'Comparing Legal Culture', Macerata, 18-20 May
1994
The Judiciary in the Transition from Authoritarianism to Democracy: The Case of Italy and Spain, paper
presented at the I.P.S.A. Research Committe on Comparative Judicial Studies, Santa Fe, N.M.,
USA, August 1-4, 1993
The Judiciary and Politics in Democratic Constitutional Regimes, paper presented to the Workshop on
"Democratization of Justice", Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, February 1012, 1993
The Independence of the Italian Judiciary: A Comparative Assessment and a Tentative Explanation , paper
presented at the Interim Meeting of the IPSA Research Committee on Comparative Judicial
Studies, Forli` 15-17 Giugno 1992
Administration of Justice, Regime Change and Democratic Consolidation: Italy and Spain, paper
presented at the session on "Theories of Transition from Fascist, Authoritarian Rule", XII World
Congress of Sociology, Madrid, July 1990
L'indipendenza della magistratura nei regimi democratici: il caso italiano in prospettiva comparata, paper
presented at the II Italian-Polish Seminar on State Institutions, Varsavia, May 1990
Aspects of Criminal Prosecution in Italy, paper presented at the Conference on "The Role of the
Judiciary in Democratic Polities", York (GB), September 1988
with G. Di Federico, The Judiciary, paper presented at the Conference on "Politics and Culture in
the Italian Republic", Bellagio (Como), July 1988
with P.Pederzoli, Judicial Activism in Italy: Some Illustrative Cases, paper presented at the ECPR
Joint Sessions of Workshops, Rimini, April 1988
The Transition to Democracy: The Role of Bureaucratic Institutions, paper presented at the workshop
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on "Problems of
Southern European Societies", organized by the Ford Foundation,
Castelgandolfo (Rome), March 1982
Giudici e sistema politico, paper presented at the panel on "L'amministrazione della giustizia",
S.I.S.P., Bologna, September 1978
Languages
Fluent in English and French. Reading Knowledge of German, Portuguese and Spanish