Pellegrino Rossi a Bologna (1806-1815). Documenti inediti sugli anni della formazione e dei primi incarichi

The present essay brings new light on the education and the early career years of one of the most important 19th-century jurists. Pellegrino Rossi was graduated in law at the University of Bologna and his Master as well as promoter of degree was Giuseppe Gambari. The latter was formerly Attorney at the Court of Appeal and a professor of criminal and procedure law at the same university in Bologna and directly influenced the introduction of Rossi in his forensic and academic career, as many documents found during the investigation prove, revealing however unexpected details. About the well known jurist from Carrara much has been written by legal historiography, but it is true that his legal formation and the influence of the "bolognese school" - to which Rossi himself recognized his cultural debt – had remained so far nebulous