Perozzi, Silvio

PEROZZI, SILVIO. - Jurist, b. in Vicenza on 2 Dec. 1857, d. in Bologna on 4 Jan. 1931. He completed his studies at the University of Padua, where he graduated in jurisprudence in 1879 and in letters in 1880. He was professor of Roman law first at Perugia and then, as full professor, at Macerata (from 1885), Messina (from 1889), Parma (from 1891) and finally Bologna (from 1902). In 1928 he was appointed national member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

A representative of the dogmatic approach, he was one of the most original scholars; among his works, almost all of a critical character, particular mention should be made of the Bologna inaugural lecture of 1903, Le obbligazioni romane, which marked an epoch in the study of this fundamental institution. His Istituzioni di diritto romano (2 vols., Florence 1906; 2nd ed., Rome 1927) are classic, above all for the enormous number of observations and for the problems they raised. His numerous contributions, scattered in journals and academic proceedings, have recently been collected under the title Scritti giuridici (3 vols., Milan 1948).