SCIALOJA, VITTORIO (1856-1933), Italian jurist and statesman, son of the eminent Neapolitan scientist, patriot and statesman, Antonio Scialoja, was born at Turin, and after graduat ing in jurisprudence was appointed professor of civil law at the University of Camerino when only 23 years of age. In 188o he was transferred to the University of Siena, and in 1884 to that of Rome, where he still teaches. Many of the most distinguished ju rists and political men in Italy have been his pupils, and through his teachings and writings he has exercised a wide influence on juridical thought and practical legislation. In 1904 he was nomi nated senator, and since then he has played an active part in Italian political life. In 1909 he was appointed minister of justice, and during the World War he was minister (without portfolio) in the Boselli and Orlando cabinets. In the autumn of 1919, on the resignation of Senator Tittoni, Senator Scialoja became minister of foreign affairs in the Nitti cabinet, and in this capacity he attended various Meetings of the Peace Conference, either as assistant Italian delegate under Sig. Nitti or as first delegate. He left office on the fall of the cabinet in June 1920, and in the au tumn of that year became a member of the Italian delegation at the League of Nations Assembly. In 1925 he became president of
the Italian delegation at the Assembly and Italian representative on the Council of the League. He, in fact, collaborated in the drafting of the Covenant. He became a member of the Italian Senate in 1929.
He is the author of a large number of books, pamphlets and articles on legal subjects, of which the most important are the following: Sopra it precarium nel diritto romano (1878) ; Degli atti di emulazione nell' esercizio dei diritti (1878) ; Del diritto positivo e dell' equity (188o) ; Responsabilitd e volontd nei negozi giuridici (1885) ; Italian translation, with an introduction, of Savigny's System of Roman Law (8 vols., 1886-98) ; Sul diritto al nome e allo stemma (1889) ; Sulla teoria dell' interpretazione della legge (1898) ; Dizionario pratico del diritto privato (1899, etc.) ; Salle condizioni impossibili nei testamenti (1901) ; Salle funzioni della IV. Sezione del Consiglio di Stato (i9oi).