About Law and Its Concepts: Interview to Massimo La Torre

Abstract

Massimo La Torre (Mesina, 1954), Chair Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Catanzaro, Italy, is also Visiting Professor at the University of Hull, UK. One of his most remarkable contributions is the one made to the development of an “Institutional Theory of Law”, which he is now one of its greatest representatives. His published works include Law as Institution  (Springer, 2010),  Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning (Springer, 2007) and Norme, istituzioni, valori (Laterza, 1999), among others. He has also addressed issues such as the German jurists and legal philosophers in the Weimar Republic, political problems of the European integration and citizenship, professional codes of ethics for jurists, the issue of torture, etc. Last but not least, a couple of Professor La Torre many achievements are especially worth to mention: the “Chair of Excellence” held in the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, Germany.