MARTA CARTABIA

Full Professor

Department of Law

Biographical note

On leave from 13 February 2021 because of her appointment as Italian Minister of Justice

President Emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court
Sept 2020 – present: Full professor of Constitutional Law at Bocconi University – Milan (on leave until the end of her office as the Minister of Justice of the Italian Republic)

Education

1993: PhD in Law, European University Institute, Florence. Thesis: Fundamental principles and European integration, supervisor prof. Bruno De Witte
1987: Law degree, University of Milan, magna cum laude. Thesis: Does a European Constitution exist?, supervisors prof. Valerio Onida, Fausto Pocar

Academic Positions

Feb 13, 2021– present: On leave
Sept 2020 – Feb 2021: Full professor of Constitutional Law at Bocconi University – Milan
2011 – 2020: On leave
2004 – 2011: Full Professor of Public and Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
1999 – 2004: Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Verona
1993 – 1999: Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Political Science, University of Milan

Teaching

Sept 2020 – Feb 2021: Constitutional Adjudication and Italian and European Constitutional Law, School of Law, Bocconi University
2008 – 2011: European Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
2001 – 2011: Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
2005 – 2008: Jean Monnet Module, European Constitutional Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
2000 – 2001: Constitutional Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
1999 – 2004: Public Law and European Union Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Verona
1997 – 1999: Public Law, Faculty of Political Science, University of Milan
1995 – 2001: Public Law, Business University L. Bocconi, Milan
1987 – 1993: Tutorial and seminars in Constitutional Law – University of Milan, University of Insubria and Business University L. Bocconi, Milan

Academic Appointments

2011: Member of the Commission for the revision of the Statute, University of Milan-Bicocca
2006 – 2009: Deputy – director of the DGINE (Department of Legal Studies of the European and National Institutions), University of Milan-Bicocca
2005 – 2009: Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Law, University of Milan-Bicocca
2002 – 2004: Director of the PhD in Italian and European Constitutional Law, University of Verona

Other Academic Assignments

2017 – 2018: Strategic Committee for the high-level strategic review of the European University Institute (EUI), Florence
2018 – 2019: Strategic Group for the development of the strategic plan of the Católica Law School, Lisbon-Porto (Portugal)

Visiting Positions

2013 – present: Annual Yale Global Constitutional Seminar
2014: Distinguished Lecture, Academy of European Law, European Institute University, Florence
2012: Clynes Chair in Judicial Ethics, Notre Dame University, Indiana (USA)
2011: University of Eichstätt – Summer School, Human Rights and Natural Law
2009 – 2010: Inaugural Fellow, Straus Institute for Advanced Study in Law and Justice, New York University, New York (USA)
2008: Summer Courses, San Sebastian (Spain), Fundamental Rights
2006: Summer Courses, San Sebastian (Spain), European Constitutional Law
2002: Visiting professor, University of Toulon (France), Comparative Constitutional Law
1994: Visiting professor, University of Tours (France), Comparative Public Law
1991: Fall term – Research Scholar, Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor, USA)
1989–1991: International courses in Constitutional Justice, Aix-en-Provence (France)

Institutional Positions

Dec 2017 – present: Italian substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
Dec 2019 – Sept 2020: President of the Italian Constitutional Court
Nov 2014 – Dec 2019: Vice President of the Italian Constitutional Court
Sept 2011 – Sept 2020: Justice of the Italian Constitutional Court, appointed by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano
2008 – 2010: Senior expert of FRALEX – Fundamental Rights Agency Legal Experts, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna
2003–2006: Adjunct member of the European Commission’s Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights
1996 – 1998: Researcher at the Research Office of the Italian Constitutional Court
1993 – 1995: Clerk at the Italian Constitutional Court

Membership of Editorial, Scientific and Advisory Boards of Learned Journals

2020 –: EGEA-Bocconi University publishing company, Scientific Board
2019 –: «International Journal of Constitutional Law» (I•CON), Advisory Board
2018 –: «Il processo», Board of Directors
2018 –: «MediaLaws», Steering Committee
2017 –: «Rivista di Diritti comparati», Scientific board
2016 –: «Rivista dell’Associazione Italiana dei Costituzionalisti», Scientific board
2016 –: «European Constitutional Law Review», Advisory board
2013 –: Book series «Law and Christianity», Cambridge University Press, Editorial board
2012 –: «Diritto e società», Scientific board
2012 –: Book series «Per una koinè costituzionale», Giappichelli, Co-director
2012 –: Book series “Studi di diritto pubblico”, Franco Angeli, Scientific board
2009 –: «Italian Journal of Public Law», Co-director (with Giacinto della Cananea)
2002 –: «Revista Española de Derecho Europeo», Editorial Board
2002 –: «Rassegna di diritto pubblico europeo», Scientific board
2000 –: «Quaderni costituzionali», il Mulino, Board of directors

Other Memberships and Appointments (Past and Present)

Co-President-Elect of the International Society of Public Law alongside prof. Richard Albert (Taking office in July 2021)
Resident Corresponding Fellow, Moral Sciences Class – Law, Politics and Economics Section of the Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere
Member of the European Law Institute Senate (Jun 2020 – present)
Member of the Society Council of ICON•S (The International Society of Public Law)
Member of the Advisory Board of Collegio Carlo Alberto (Compagnia di San Paolo and Turin University)
Member of the European Law Institute
Member of the scientific board of CERIC (Centro di Ricerca sulle Cittadinanze)
Member of Italian Association of Constitutional Law Professors (Associazione Italiana dei Costituzionalisti)
Member of “Gruppo di Pisa”
Founder and co-president of the Italian Chapter of ICON•S
Member of CNPDS Foundation (Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale)
Member of the Scientific Board of the Luigi Sturzo Institute

Civic and Other Honors

2020: Doctorate honoris causa in Law, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
2020: Marisa Bellisario Award
2020: Giovanni Spadolini Award
2019: Anna Maria Mammoliti Prize, Minerva Association
2019: Amie de la Vallée d’Aoste, Aosta Valley
2018: TRAGUARDiDEE Award, Credito Cooperativo (Cooperative Banks Network)
2018: Meritorious Graduate Award, University of Milan Alumni Association (ALGIUSMI)
2016: Civic Merit Award, Town of Legnano
2011: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic