Career
Cuocolo was amongst the most important Italian constitutionalist and one of the "fathers" of Italian regionalismus. When he was a student at Liceo Classico Giuseppe Mazzini in Genova, he was actively involved in the fight against the Nazi-Fascismus. In 1960 Cuocolo became Professor of Constitutional Law and in 1967 he published "Louisiana legge cornice nel rapporto tra Stato e Regione" (with the help of Giuliano Amato and Enzo Cheli), one of the most important books for the Italian regionalism.
The most important books however Istituzioni di diritto pubblico (Handbook of Public Law), a very common book in the Italian Law Schools.
In 1970 was appointed Director of Political Science Faculty in Genova. Since the 50s Cuocolo made intense efforts in targeting the Italian Constitution in the direction of Regionalismus (giving more power to the Italian regions) through many essayes, papers and monographies.
Professor Cuocolo was also involved in the Statuto of the Regione Liguria, since before the birth of the region itself as a new public body.
Furthermore, Cuocolo was involved in several prominent positions in the Italian public administration, in Liguria and at the national level: e.g. he worked as a Law consultant for Italian Prime Ministers as Francesco Cossiga and others, and for the Council of Europe. The May 31, 1979 Professor
Cuocolo was attacked by the Brigate Rosse in his University during an exam: this was the first attack of the Brigate Rosse in a University. In 1981 a second attempt of attack was foiled on time by the Italian police.
Cuocolo was also appointed Chief of Banca Carige and Fondazione Carige.
However, he left the position in 2003 after having criticized some activities of the Bank. Cavaliere di gran croce dell"Ordine al merito della Repubblica italiana - nastrino per uniforme ordinaria
Grande ufficiale dell"Ordine al merito della Repubblica italiana - nastrino per uniforme ordinaria.
