AZUNI

azuni, domenico alberto (1749-1827), italian jurist, was born at sassar, in sardinia, in 1749. he studied law at sassari and turin, and in 1782 was made judge of the consulate at nice. in 1786-1788 he published his _dizionario universale ragionato della giurisprudenza mercantile_. in 1795 appeared his systematic work on the maritime law of europe, _sistema universale dei principii del diritto maritimo dell' europa_, which he afterwards recast and translated into french. in 1806 he was appointed one of the french commission engaged in drawing up a general code of commercial law, and in the following year he proceeded to genoa as president of the court of appeal. after the fall of napoleon in 1814, azuni lived for a time in retirement at genoa, till he was invited to sardinia by victor emmanuel