Alessandro Bernardi


Full Professor of Criminal Law

Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza – Università di Ferrara, Ferrara (Italy)

Researching criminal law; Teaching activities, Bachelor’s program courses:

  • “European criminal law” (6 ECTS)
  • “Criminal Law. Special part” (9ECTS)

Coordinator of the International Doctoral School in “European Integration and Criminal Law” (Partners Universities: Ferrara, Firenze, La Rochelle, Napoli II, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Poitiers, Utrecht; Laboratoire d’accueil Collège de France) (2003-2010);
Director of the European Documentation Centre of the University of Ferrara (2003-2009);
Member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate School in Comparative Law (2003-2011);
Member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate School in EU Law at Ferrara University (2012 to present);
Director of the Doctoral School on EU Law and National Legal Systems (“Diritto dell’Unione Europea e ordinamenti nazionali”) at Ferrara University. (2013-2016).

Visiting Professor
Université de La Rochelle (1998)
Université de Poitiers (2001)
Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2002)
Université de Montpellier I (2004)
Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2005)
Université de Montpellier I (2005)
Université de Poitiers (2006)
Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2006)
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (2008)
Université de La Rochelle (2010)
Université de La Rochelle (2011)
Université de Poitiers (2015)
Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli (2017)

International research project cofinanced by EU and/or national institutions:

“Cooperazione giudiziaria, sequestro, confisca: il problema dei diritti deiterzi e della spartizione e gestione dei patrimoni”, coordinated by prof. Giovanni Fiandaca, University of Palermo (Grotius Program 2000).

“L’harmonisation des sanctions pénales en Europe, coordinated by Prof. Mireille Delmas-Marty University of Parigi I – Panthéon-Sorbonne (Grotius Program 2001).

“Competition Law Sanctioning in the EuropeanUnion. The EU-Law Influence on the National Law System of Sanctions in theEuropean Area”, coorinatedby University of Bayreuth and Centre fortheEnforcement of European Law dell’Università di Utrecht (2000-2003).

“El Espacio Judicial en la Práctica (I). La orden de detención y entrega europea”,financed by EU Commission in the framework of AGIS Program 2003.

“EuropeanArrest Warrant Project”,coordinated by T.M.C. Asser Instituut,The Hague,financed by EUCommission in the framework of AGIS Program 2004.

Scuola Tematica Congiunta (STC)”Comparazionepenaleedirittoeuropeo” (School of Research on “Comparative Criminal Law and European Law), cofinanced by “Université Franco Italienne” (2005), Partner Universities: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Seconda Università di Napoli, Università di Pisa, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université de Poitiers.

“Dottorato internazionale in Integrazione europea e diritto penale” 2006-2010 (International Doctoral School in European Integration and Criminal Law”), cofinanced by Italian Ministry of University and Research (INTERLINK Program 2005). Partner Universities: Università degli Studi di Firenze, Seconda Università di Napoli, Université de La Rochelle, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université de Poitiers, Universiteit Utrecht – G.J.Wiarda Instituut, Chiaire d’ “Etudes juridiques comparatives et internationalisation du droit” – Collège de France.

“Prison overcrowding and alternatives to detention”, project financed by European Commission in the framework of the Specific Programme”Criminal Justice”(2007-2013), as director of the coordinating unity University of Ferrara. Estimated development period_ May 2014- May 2016. Partners: ARPE (Association de rechercherse pénales européennes, France),University of Babes-Bolyai – Cluj- Napoca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Università degli Studi di Milano, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles.

“Relationships between the national judicial authorities and the investigative agencies in the view of the EPPO”, project financed by European Commission (OLAF) in the framework of the Specific Programme”Hercule III Legal Training and Studies”, as director of the coordinating unity University of Ferrara. Partners: University of Bonn, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Queen Mary University of London and University Kozminski of Warsaw.

“Improving Cooperation between EU Member States in Confiscation Procedures”, co-financed by the EU Commission in the framework of the program JUSTPEN 2016, as director of the coordinating unity University of Ferrara. Estimated development period_ June 2017- May 2019. Partners: ARPE (Association de rechercherse pénales européennes, France), University of Babes-Bolyai – Cluj- Napoca, University of Utrecht, University of Bonn, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles.

Books
1. Codificazione penale e diritto comunitario, I – La modificazione del codice penale ad opera del diritto comunitario, Ferrara, 1996, 199 p.
2. Verso una codificazione penale europea? Ostacoli e prospettive, in Annali dell’Università di Ferrara – Scienze Giuridiche Saggi III, Ferrara, 1996, 161 p.
3. La tutela penale dell’ambiente in Italia: prospettive nazionali e comunitarie, in Annali dell’Università di Ferrara – Scienze giuridiche – Saggi IV, Ferrara, 1997, 182 p.
4. L’europeizzazione del diritto e della scienza penale, collana “Itinerari di Diritto penale”, sezione “Saggi”,Torino, Giappichelli, 2004, 114 p.
5. Modelli penali e società multiculturale,Torino, Giappichelli, collana “Itinerari di Diritto penale”, sezione“Saggi”, 2006, 138 p.
6. Depenalizzazione. Profili teorici e pratici, Padova, Cedam, 2008, 217 p. (co-author Ilaria Zoda).
7. Il “fattore culturale” nel sistema penale, Torino, Giappichelli, 2010, 172 p.

Edited Books

1. La tutela dell’euro. Teoria e prassi, edited by Alessandro Bernardi, Padova, Cedam, 2005, XVIII+198 p.
2. Responsabilidad penal por defectos en productos destinados a los consumidores, edited by X. Boix Reig and A. Bernardi, Madrid, 2005, Madrid, Justel, 2005, 596 p.
3. Multiculturalismo, diritti umani, pena, edited by Alessandro Bernardi, Milano, Giuffrè, 2006, 196 p.
4. Legalità penale e crisi del diritto, oggi: un percorso interdisciplinare, edited by Alessandro Bernardi, Baldassare Pastore and Andrea Pugiotto, Milano, Giuffrè, 2008, IX-248 p.
5. L’interpretazione conforme al diritto dell’Unione europea. Profili e limiti di un vincolo problematico, edited by Alessandro Bernardi, Napoli, Jovene, 2015, XXXVI+444 p.
6. I controlimiti. Primato delle norme europee e difesa dei principi costituzionali, edited by A. Bernardi, Napoli, Jovene, 2017, CXXXIII-516 p.
7. Il caso Taricco e il dialogo fra le Corti. L’ordinanza n. 24/2017 della Corte costituzionale, edited by A. Bernardi and C. Cupelli, Napoli, Jovene, 2017, XXI+494 p.
8. La lotta al sovraffollamento carcerario in Europa. Modelli di pena e di esecuzione nell’esperienza comparata, edited by A. Bernardi and M. Venturoli, Napoli, Jovene, 2018, XII+372 p.