Born on 19 March 1905 in Acqui Terme, Italy

• Doctor of Law, University of Turin, 1926
• Free Chair of International Law at the same University, 1928
• Lecturer at the University of Messina, 1930
• Full Professor at the same University, 1932
• Full Professor at the University of Modena (1933), Genoa (1934) and the Universityof the Sacred Heart, Milan (1935)
• Associate Member (1948) and subsequently Member (1955) of the Institut de DroitInternational
• At present Professor of international law and Dean of the Faculty of Law of theUniversity of the Sacred Heart, Milan
• Member of the Legal Advisory Council to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Euratom
• Vice-President of the Court from 5 May 1971 to 8 May 1974
• President of the Court from 8 May 1974 to 9 December 1980
• Judge of the European