Sabino Cassese

• LUISS Guido Carli, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali

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Sabino Cassese (born 1935) is Judge of the Italian Constitutional Court. Graduated summa cum laude in law in 1956, from the University of Pisa, where he was also a student of the "Scuola Normale Superiore", since 1961 he has served as professor of administrative law at the Universities of Urbino, Naples and Rome. He has been a member of many govern...

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