Giuseppe Cesari called Cavalier D'Arpino, Portrait of Prospero Farinacci, 1607, oil on canvas (Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy)
Born
(1554-11-01)November 1, 1554
Rome, Papal States
Died
31 December 1618(1618-12-31) (aged 64)
Rome, Papal States
Resting place
San Silvestro al Quirinale
Nationality
Italian
Occupation(s)
Jurist, lawyer, judge
Known for
Praxis et Theorica Criminalis, one of the most influential works of criminal jurisprudence in Civil law countries until the reforms of Cesare Beccaria (1738–94).
Virtually every area of criminal law in Western civil law countries under the Ancien Régime
Prospero Farinacci (1 November 1554 – 31 December 1618) was an Italian Renaissance jurist, lawyer and judge. His Praxis et Theorica Criminalis (Practice and Theory of Criminal Law) was the strongest influence on criminal law in Civil law countries until the Age of Enlightenment. Farinacci defended Beatrice Cenci who was accused of killing her father in the most famous criminal case of the time. As a judge he was known for his harsh sentencing.
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ProsperoFarinacci (1 November 1554 – 31 December 1618) was an Italian Renaissance jurist, lawyer and judge. His Praxis et Theorica Criminalis (Practice...
copyists were imprisoned or executed. The celebrated Roman jurist ProsperoFarinacci argued that the revelation of state secrets by the writers of newsletters...
professor of law in Leipzig, and two Italians, the Roman judge and lawyer ProsperoFarinacci (1544–1618) and the Piedmontese lawyer and statesman Giulio Claro...
described in the legal commentaries of Antonio Gómez, Gregorio López and ProsperoFarinacci, which had been printed and widely circulated throughout Italy in...
October 30 Charles, Margrave of Burgau, German nobleman (b. 1560) ProsperoFarinacci, Italian jurist (b. 1554) November 2 – Maximilian III, Archduke of...
slashed in the face, which was described by the late Italian lawyer ProsperoFarinacci as "atrox et grave delictum". Costanza was indeed described as a courtesan...
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1594) October 28 – Enevold Kruse, Danish noble (d. 1621) October 30 – ProsperoFarinacci, Italian jurist (d. 1618) November 30 – Sir Philip Sidney, English...
attributed to Giacomo della Porta. To the left of the monument to ProsperoFarinacci is a painting of Saints Peter and Paul by Stefano Pozzi. The first...
is a black and white marble sculpture of the famous Roman lawyer ProsperoFarinacci, published in spring 2018. Lavin was appointed in 1973 as Professor...
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previous scholarship of criminal Laws, typical of authors such as ProsperoFarinacci, moving towards a new, clear and structured approach typical of the...
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