10 Facts About Alfredo Rocco

Alfredo Rocco was an Italian politician and jurist.

Alfredo Rocco was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Urbino and in Macerata, then Professor of Civil Procedure in Parma, of Business Law in Padua, and later of Economic Legislation at La Sapienza University of Rome, of which he was rector from 1932 to 1935.

Alfredo Rocco began his political career as a nationalist in the Radical Party, but eventually turned to the "proletarian nationalism" of the Italian Nationalist Association, a political party on which he had major influence.

Alfredo Rocco was critical of Italy's weak material and economic power, which he said was responsible for Italian dependence on the European "plutocracies" of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Alfredo Rocco denounced the European powers for imposing foreign culture on Italy and criticized them for their endorsement of individualism.

Alfredo Rocco developed a very close relationship with the Perrone brothers, owners of the Ansaldo company, who provided him with lavish financing.

Alfredo Rocco later joined the National Fascist Party, after they had merged with the Italian Nationalist Association.

Alfredo Rocco was elected in 1921 to the Chamber of Deputies, and became its president in 1924.

From 1925 to 1935, Alfredo Rocco was the Italian representative on the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations.

In 1935 Alfredo Rocco was awarded the Mussolini prize by the Royal Academy of Italy.