- Federico Sclopis
Federico Sclopis di Salerano (
10 January 1798 –8 March 1878 ) was an Italianstatesman andjurist , best remembered for his role in theunification of Italy and his adjudication in theAlabama claims .Life
Born
Turin , to a noble family, Sclopis graduated inlaw and became an official in the administration ofProspero Balbo . In 1822 he becamemagistrate inSavoy and later president of the Court of Cassation.While still comparatively young he was appointed
Attorney-General to the Sardinian Senate, and took part in the compilation of the new codes. An advocate of liberal ideas and reform, he proclaimed the necessity for aconstitution , and was himself one of the authors of the "Statuto albertino ", or Sardinian charter of 1848, which became the constitution of the Kingdom of Italy. The introduction is said to be entirely the work of Sclopis.Sclopis also wrote the proclamation in which Charles Albert announced to the people of
Lombardy andVenetia his war againstAustria . He was minister in the first Sardinian constitutional ministry under the presidency ofCesare Balbo , and afterwards president of the senate.In 1871 he was sent to
Geneva asVictor Emmanuel II 's representative on the "Alabama" arbitration, and was appointed president of that tribunal.The last years of his life were mainly occupied with municipal affairs and charitable administration at
Turin .Honours
At the age of thirty he was elected member of the
Turin Academy of Sciences , of which he became life president in 1864. He was also foreign member of theInstitut de France .On his return from the Geneva arbitration, the King conferred on him the
Order of the Annunziata .Works
Between 1819 and 1878 he published over seventy works on
history ,jurisprudence ,politics andliterature , in Italian,Latin , and French. His most important work is his "Storia della legislaziona Italiana dalle origini fino al 1847" (Turin, 1840), issued as a sequel to his "Storia dell' antica legislazione del Piemonte", published in 1833.Among his other writings are:
*"Ricerche sui Longobardi in Italia" (1827);
*"Delle relazioni politiche fra la dinastia di Savoia e it governo Britannico dal 1240 al 1815" (1853);
*"Rimembranze sul Conte di Cavour" (1876); and
*"Considerazioni storiche sulk antiche assemblee rappresentative del Piemonte e della Savoia" (1878).Bibliography
*1911
* cite book | author=Ricotti, E. | title=Notizia biografica di F. Sclopis
* cite book | author=Manno, A. | title=Bibliografia degli scritti di F. Sclopis
* cite book | author=Ricci, M. | title= Necrologia di F. Sclopis (in the "Archivio storico Italiano", ser. iv. tom. ii. p. 331 seq.)External links
* [http://www2.polito.it/strutture/cemed/museovirtuale/english/storia/2-02/2-2-01/2-2-0166.htm Politecnico di Torino page on Sclopis]
* [http://www.chieracostui.com/costui/docs/search/schedaoltre.asp?ID=3484 Page on monument in Turin]
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