Background
Mifsud Bonnici was born in Cospicua, Malta, on July 17, 1930.
Mifsud Bonnici was born in Cospicua, Malta, on July 17, 1930.
He mostly specialised in the philosophy of law. He began his studies at the University of Malta from where, in 1958, he became Doctor of Law. After graduating as a lawyer, he continued his studies in Rome at the Gregorio del Vecchio Institute of the Sapienza University of Rome.
He began teaching philosophy of law at the University of Malta in 1966, and continued teaching for three decades, right up to his retirement in 1995.
He was appointed Professor of the Philosophy of Law in 1988. Also in 1988 Mifsud Bonnici was appointed Judge of the Maltese Superior Courts.
Two years later, in 1990, he was made Chief Justice, and President of the Courts of Appeal and President of the Constitutional Court, offices he held up till his retirement in 1995. Meantime, in 1992, he served as Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a service he maintained until 1998.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies of London, England.