Head of the Court

Giovanni Canzio

Curriculum Vitae

First President Emeritus of the Court of Cassation.

First President of the Court of Cassation from January 2016 to December 2017.

President of the Court of Appeal of Milan from September 2011 to December 2015.

President of the Court of Appeal of L’Aquila from July 2009 to September 2011.

Counsellor of the Court of Cassation from October 1995 to July 2009 and Director of the Massimario Office.

Member of the Commissions for the reform of the Criminal Code ('Grosso' 2001) and the Code of Criminal Procedure ('Riccio' 2007 - 'Canzio' 2013 - 'Cartabia' 2021).

Professor of "Judicial System" at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan from 2015 to 2021.

President of the Regional Body for Control Activities (ORAC-Lombardy) from 2019.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the journals “Criminalia”, “dis-Crimen” and “Cassazione Penale”.

Author and curator of numerous essays and works on criminal law and procedure and on judicial organisation (most recently: Giustizia. Per una riforma che guarda all'Europa, Vita e Pensiero, 2021; Dire il diritto nel XXI secolo, Giuffré FL, 2022; Diritto e procedura penale delle società, Giuffré FL, 2022; Prova scientifica e processo penale, WK CEDAM, 2022).