SORRENTI Giuseppa

Academic Positions

▪ 1996-2000: Teaching Assistant (cultore della materia) in Constitutional Law and Doctrine of the State, at the Department of Law, University of Messina
▪ 2001-2003: Teaching Fellow of Constitutional Justice at the Department of Political Science, University of Messina
▪ 2001: Winner of the competition for researcher in Constitutional Law at Department of Law, University of Messina
▪ 2002: Winner of the competition for Associate Professor in Constitutional Law according to the Italian Academic System, launched by Pisa University
▪ 2002-2004: Teaching Fellow of Regional Constitutional Law at the Department of Law, University of Messina
▪ 2004: Teaching Fellow at the Master for regional leaders organized by the “Superior School of Public Administration” about “Reform of, Part II, Title V, of the Italian Constitution”, Calabria
▪ 2005: Confirmation as an Associate Professor in Constitutional Law according to the Italian Academic System
▪ 2006-2008: Coordinator for Master’s Degree courses in Judicial and Public Administration Practitioners, at the Department of Law, University of Messina
▪ 2013-2016: Vice-President of National Constitutional Association “Gruppo di Pisa”
▪ 2013-present: Member of PHD Board in Legal Sciences for curriculum in Public Law; University of Messina
▪ 2014: Award of the National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor in Constitutional Law according to the Italian Academic System (“Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale a Professore di Prima Fascia” – 12/C1)
▪ 2015: Research Fellow at the Fachbereich 06 - Rechtswissenschaft (Department of Law), Universität Bremen (Germany), Supervisor Prof. Dian Schefold, Prof. für Öffentliches Recht, Project: “Verfassungskonforme Auslegung in Deutschland und Italien” (Offer not accepted)
▪ 2015: Member of the Italian Association of Constitutionalists (AIC)
▪ 2015-16: Professor of the course of excellence of European Constitutional and Comparative Law, Department of Law, University of Messina
▪ 2016: Supervisor of the Constitutional Justice Section of the Review Constitutional Observatory founded by the Italian Association of Constitutionalists (AIC)
▪ 2016: Examiner in the Award for the better PHD Thesis, launched by the Collection of Studies Sovereignty, Federalism, Rights, directed by Prof. G. Grasso (Insubria University) under the patronage of the It. Const. Ass. “Gruppo di Pisa”
▪ 2019: member of the reviewers board of the Review Constitutionalism
▪ 2020: Examiner in the PHD concourse in Legal Sciences at the University of Messina
▪ 2021: Member of the Direction board of the Collection of Studies Sovereignty, Federalism, Rights



Education and Academic Titles

▪. 1994: Italian “Laurea” (MA) in Law at the University of Messina. Grade: 110/110 cum laude (special distinction for the thesis)
▪ 1997 Zertifikat Deutsch (points 288/300), obtained after a 5 years course held by the Italian-German cultural Association (A.C.I.T.), according to the programs and exams of the Goethe Institut
▪ 2001: PhD in Constitutional Justice and International Protection of Human Rights (XII cicle) at the University of Pisa. Supervisor: Prof. A. Pizzorusso and Prof. R. Romboli. Grade: achieved without grade according to the Italian system. Grant: PhD Scholarship by the University of Pisa (Thesis: Proposizione delle questioni di legittimità costituzionale ed interpretazione “adeguatrice”)
▪ 2016: Cycle of Seminars about Comparative Constitutional Law, held by Prof. Mark Kotzur (pupil of Peter Häberle), University of Hamburg, at the PHD in Public Law of the University of Roma-La Sapienza: I Session - Methodological Issues in Comparative Constitutional Law: an Introduction; II Session - Fundamental Rights, Rule of Law and Democracy in the European Union: a Comparative Analysis Between Italy and Germany
▪ 2020: Cycle of Seminars about Modern challenges in Constitutionalism: Perspectives from the World’s Leading Experts (B. Ackerman, M. Tushnet, R. Hirschl), organized by The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism, live weekly sessions on Zoom


Appointments, Honours, Research Visits

▪ 2006: Lecturer at PHD Course in Constitutional Justice and International Protection of Human Rights about the issue of her first monography (The Constitution oriented interpretation of the law) at the University of Pisa
▪ 2006: Final lecturer at the course of Constitutional Law (Proff. A. Pugiotto, R. Bin) about the issue of her first monography, University of Ferrara
▪ 2007: Lecturer at PHD Course in General Private Law about the issue of her first monography, coord. Prof. G. Di Rosa, University of Catania
▪ 2008: Synthesis Report at the national Congress of Constitutionalists’ national Association “Group of Pisa” about the issue Oriented Interpretation and Argumentative Techniques, University of Milan
▪ 2009: Rapporteur at yearly Seminar of the Italian Constitutional Court on Constitutional Court, common judges and oriented interpretations, Palazzo della Consulta, Roma
▪ 2011: Scientific Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Seminar held by Prof. E. Lamarque about Interpretation oriented to the ECHR, University of Messina
▪ 2012: Scientific Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Seminar held by Prof. C. Salazar (University of RC) about Social Rights after Lisbon, University of Messina
▪ 2011: Scientific Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Seminar for PhD Students and for Teachers on the topic of “Una defensa del modelo europeo de control de constitucionalidad”; Speaker: Prof. Victor Ferreres Comella (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona and Yale University), Prof. Gaetano Silvestri (President emeritus of the Constitutional Court) and Prof. Marco Ruotolo (University of Roma Tre), Department of Law, University of Messina
Grant provided by University of Messina
▪ 2013: Lecturer about the issue The fair trial in the constitutional legal order at the Bocconi University, University of Milan
▪ 2013: Lecturer at Joint PHD Course in Legal Sciences about Court of Cassation and principle of the reasonable delay of the trial, at the University of Milano-Bicocca
▪ 2014: Research scholarship at Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) about Multilevel Protection of Human Rights, London (UK)
▪ 2014: Rapporteur at the national Congress “Crisis of national State, case-law dialogue, protection of fundamental rights”, about the topic The effects of ECHR’s sentences on the judgment delivered, University of Messina
▪ 2015: Rapporteur at Conference organized by the “Superior School of Judiciary” about Fundamental Rights in the Constitution, ECHR and EUCFR, Scandicci (FI)
▪ 2018: Rapporteur at Conference organized by the “Superior School of Judiciary” about the issue Role of national judge among Courts, Constitution and European Charters, Scandicci (FI)
▪ 2018: Research visit at the Constitutional Court taking part to public hearing in the “Cappato case” about the topic of assisted suicide
▪ 2019: Organizer of the National Conference “A test case for principles of juridical society. Workshop about Immigration”, Dpt. of Law, University of Messina. Obtained funding from University of Messina and the Bar Council of Messina
▪ 2019: Rapporteur at the national Congress organized by Italian Association of Constitutionalists about Equality and discriminations in the contemporary era, University of Bergamo
▪ 2020: Scientific Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Seminar about the issue “Legal loopholes and judicial activity”, with Prof. A. Lo Giudice
▪ 2020: Scientific Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Seminar about the issue Double preliminary ruling: real or apparent turn?, Prof. G. Scaccia (University of Teramo and Luiss-Guido Carli) and E. Lamarque (University of Milano Bicocca), Webiner on Microsoft Teams Platform
▪ 2020: Scientific Supervisor of the post graduate Seminar on “Legal loopholes and judiciary integration”, with Prof. A. Lo Giudice, University of Messina
▪ jen. 2022: Scientific Supervisor of the Conference on "Constitutional Justice and Fundamental Right within the Union framework", debate with Ministry of Justice Marta Cartabia and Emeritus President of the Constitutional Court Prof. Gaetano Silvestri, Lecture Hall of the University of Messina.


Teaching Activity

2004-2007: Constitutional Justice, at Master Degree in Law, Department of Law, University of Messina
2004-present: Constitutional Law, at Degree course in Judicial and Public Administration Practitioners, Department of Law, University of Messina
2004-2011: Constitutional Law at affiliated College of Messina University’s Department of Law, established in Patti
2008-2022: Constitutional Law II (Multilevel Protection of Human Rights in Europe) at the Master Degree Course in Law, Department of Law, University of Messina.
2021-2023: Regional Constitutional Law, Department of Law, University of Messina.

Participation at Research and Academic Projects

2015: Participation as research fellow at the inter-university Italian national research project (PRIN): Towards a new legal model of equaliy. PI: S. Staiano; Scientific Supervisor: L. D'Andrea
2010: Participation as research fellow at the PRIN: Equality in fundamental rights in crisis of the State and public finances: a proposal for a new paradigm of social cohesion especially with particular regard to liberalisation and regulation of transport – PI: G. Colombini; Supervisor: A. Ruggeri
2008: Participation as research fellow at the PRIN: New fundamental Rights and techniques of law-making – PI and Supervisor: Prof. A. Ruggeri
2006: Participation as research fellow at the PRIN: Techniques of constitutional law-making and protection of fundamental rights, in the perspective of European integration – PI: Prof. A. Ruggeri
2004: Participation as research fellow at the PRIN: Perspectives of regional system of sources, in the perspective of European integration and EU and constitutional case-law – PI: Prof. A. Ruggeri
2003: Scientific Supervisor of the PRIN: The Charter of Rights and the Constitution through the constitutional case-law – PI: Prof. A. Pizzorusso
2001: Participation as research fellow at the PRIN: The Charter of Rights and the Constitution: problematic and reconstructive issues – PI: A. Pizzorusso; Supervisor: Prof. G. Silvestri


She is the author of 4 monographies and over than 70 publications on topics relating specifically to the protection of human rights, constitutional justice and sources of law and submitted reports and speeches at seminars and national meetings on current topics of constitutional law.
▪ giu. 2001: Rapporteur to Annual Meeting of the Associazione nazionale di costituzionalisti "Gruppo di Pisa", University of Pisa, about the topic "the groundlessness of the question of constitutional legitimacy and the drittwirkung of the italian Constitution";
▪ In particular, since 2006, she was invited to lecture on the theme of her book in several Italian universities:
- Pisa (PhD course in "Constitutional Justice and the international protection of human rights," sept. 2006),
- Ferrara (final lesson of courses in constitutional law, dec. 2006),
- Catania (PhD course in "Private Law-General", march 2007),
- Milan (Summary report to the Annual Convention of the National Association of constitutionalists "Pisa Group", June 2008),
- Palermo (PhD course in "International Law and Theory of Law", June 2011).
▪ On November 6 2009 she was entrusted with a report on the same theme at the Annual Meeting of the Constitutional Court.
▪ May 2013 she lectures in PhD courses of Milan-Bicocca University on the theme "The civil 'Corte di Cassazione' and the respect of the principle of the reasonable delay of the trial".
▪ 2014: research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) on the topic Multilevel Protection of Human Rights, London (UK)
▪ 2014: Rapporteur at National Study Days about “Crisis of national State, judicial dialogues and protection of fundamental rights”, on the topic "The effects of European Court of Human Rights on domestic res judicata", University of Messina
▪ 2015: Rapporteur to the Judges Training Course organized from the “Scuola Superiore della Magistratura” on the topic Fundamental Rights in the Constitution, ECHR and EU CFR, Scandicci (FI)
▪ 2018: Rapporteur to the Judges Training Course organized from the “Scuola Superiore della Magistratura” on the topic "The role of national judges among Courts, Constitution and European Charters", Scandicci (FI)
▪ 2018: Resaearch visit to constitutional Court, with participation to open court at “Cappato case” on the assisted suicide issue
▪ 04.2019: organization of National Conference on “A test for the principles of our legal culture. Workshop on Immigration”, Depth. of Law, University of Messina, co-funded by University of Messina and Messina Bar Council
▪ 2019: Rapporteur to the National Conference organized by the National Association of the Constitutionalists on "Equality principle and discrimination in the contemporary era", University of Bergamo


From June 2013 to June 2016 she has been vicepresident of the national Association of Constitutional Law scholars, named "Gruppo di Pisa".