Leone Levi

Background

Leone Levi was born on the 6th of June, 1821 in Ancona, Italy.

Career

Leone Levi worked in commerce there before emigrating to Liverpool in 1844. At the time, English law regarding the establishment of local chambers of commerce was highly unsystematic and wanting. He therefore advocated their institution in numerous pamphlets, leading to the establishment of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in 1849, with Levi as its secretary.

In 1850 Leone Levi published his Commercial Law of the World, an exhaustive comparative treatise upon the laws and codes of mercantile countries. Leone Levi was appointed in 1852 to the chair of commercial law at King"s College London, he was a popular instructor who innovated evening classes. Levi was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn in 1859, and a doctorate in political science from the University of Tübingen.

His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development, but its value as a work of reference cannot be gainsaid.

Achievements

• Leone Levi's most notable work is Commercial Law of the World.

Works

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  • The History of British Commerce: And of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1878 - Primary Source Edition
  • Leone Levi: Manual of the Mercantile Law of Great Britain and Ireland : Comprising International Commerce. Restraints on Trade: Patents. Copyright. Joint-Stock and (Hardcover); 2015 Edition
  • Annals of British Legislation: Being a Classified and Analysed Summary of Public Bills, Statutes, Accounts and Papers, Reports of Committees and of ... of Lords and Commons; Together with Account