Professor Giovanni Luchetti, born in Foligno, Perugia, on
January 26th, 1961, graduated in Law from the University of Bologna
on October 29th, 1985, magna cum laude with a thesis in Roman Law
about "Il matrimonio cum scriptis e sine scriptis in diritto
giustinianeo e nei suoi precedenti postclassici". He began his
academic career with illustrious professors on Roman Law in Bologna
(particularity with his mentor, professor Roberto Bonini) starting
from 1985/86 and soon he was awarded a scholarship to complete a
PhD in "Diritto romano e diritti dell'antichità", ranking first
among winning candidates. At the same time he began his research
activities, focusing, on one side, on particular issues connected
with the hystory of Roman Law and, on the other side, on deepening
the understanding of specific aspects of Roman law in the Later
Roman Empire and in Justinian Era. Specifically, he developed a
monography La legittimazione dei figli naturali nelle fonti tardo
imperiali e giustinianee, Pubblicazioni del Seminario giuridico
della Università di Bologna, Milano, Giuffrè, 1990, which was
widely cited and contributed in granting him, on October 31st,
1990, the title of PhD in Roman Law.
Soon after being awarded a post-doc fellowship by the University of
Bologna, he won a state examination to become full-time researcher
at the University of Bologna, starting December 28th, 1991. In the
following years, professor Luchetti attended several national and
international symposia, and deepened his research interests
publishing several papers in well-known journals of Roman Law. His
next monograph paper was published in 1996 (La legislazione
imperiale nelle Istituzioni di Giustiniano, Pubblicazioni del
Seminario giuridico della Università di Bologna, Milano, Giuffrè,
1996). In the meantime, professor Luchetti started teaching (from
1995/1996) the course in Institutes of Roman law at the Department
of Law of the University of Bologna. He became professor after
being positively reviewed by a national committee in 1998/1999. He
also taught for three years the course of Roman Public Law. Thanks
to his next monograph research paper (Nuove ricerche sulle
Istituzioni di Giustiniano, Bologna, 2000, now available in
Pubblicazioni del Seminario giuridico della Università di Bologna,
Milano, Giuffrè, 2004)), professor Luchetti won the national
contest for full-time professor, a role which he has been covering
at the Department of Law of the University of Bologna since
November 1st, 2001. Considering his deep knowledge in banks and
bank contracts in Roman Law, in the same period he was responsible
for teaching in Ravenna the course in commercial roman law. Since
2004/2005 professor Luchetti has been chair of the courses in
Institutes of Roman law and European contract law at the Department
of Law of the University of Bologna and, for the second one, also
in Ravenna. For a few years he also taught the course in History of
Roman Law in Ravenna. Moreover, he published two new monograph
papers: Materiali per un Corso di Storia del diritto romano, III,
Il dominato, Bologna, Patron, 2004 and Contributi di diritto
Giustinianeo, Milano, Giuffrè, 2004. Professor Luchetti is member
of the Board of Professor at the Graduate School of Law in Pavia
and he is involved in several research projects both nationally and
internationally. His research topics vary from Roman Law to
Principles of European Law, with particular focus on Principles of
European contract law (Commission on European contract law:
chairman Ole Lando), and on the Draft Common Frame of Reference.
One this topic he published "Fondamenti di diritto contrattuale
europeo. Dalle radici romane al progetto dei Principles of European
Contract Law della Commissione Lando”, together with A. Petrucci,
Bologna, Pàtron, 2006; “Fondamenti di diritto contrattuale europeo.
II. Dalle radici romane al Draft Common Frame of Reference”,
together with A. Petrucci, Bologna, Pàtron, 2010; “Fondamenti
romanistici del diritto europeo. I. Le obbligazioni e i contratti
dalle radici romane al Draft Common Frame of Reference”, together
with A. Petrucci, Bologna, Pàtron, 2010. In addition to his
research activities, professor Luchetti is chairman of the series
of books “Parerga historiae et iuris. Approfondimenti di storia del
diritto, della cultura e della società” and is author of several
articles in both national and international journals.
In July 2010, he was elected Dean Faculty of Law of the University
of Bologna a position he held until March 2018. He was member of the Commission for national
scientific enabling (Competition sector 12/H1). Currently he is member of the Senate of the University of Bologna.
