The University of Insubria takes centre stage at the conference dedicated to Bruno Cavallone, a leading figure in contemporary civil procedural law.

The morning session, held from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. at the University of Milan, was dedicated to the theme “Bruno Cavallone as a jurist. The judge and evidence in civil proceedings”, an area in which the scholar made fundamental contributions, starting with his work The Judge and Evidence in Civil Proceedings. The speakers also included Professor Francesca Ferrari, Associate Professor at the University of Insubria and one of his students, who took part in a discussion that brought together leading judges and scholars.

In the afternoon, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the proceedings continued at the Palace of Justice in Milan, in the Ambrosoli Library, with a second part devoted to Cavallone as a writer and legal humanist. At the centre of the debate was the work Miss Flite’s Bag, examined for its ability to weave together literature, visual arts and the general theory of procedure. In this context, Professor Barbara Pozzo, Full Professor in the University’s Department of Law, Economics and Cultures and member of the Accademia dei Lincei, spoke with a contribution dedicated to the cultural and literary value of the author’s work.

The day concluded with a reflection on the figure of Bruno Cavallone as a lawyer, on the theme of the style and art of law and procedure, and with the final contribution by Professor Bruno Sassani, dedicated to “The intellectual legacy of Bruno Cavallone”. The event succeeded in conveying, from different but converging perspectives, the complexity of an intellectual who profoundly shaped Italian legal thought.