Mark Sammut

Background

Elder son of Maltese writer Frans Sammut and Catherine née Cachia, Mark A. Sammut was born in 1973 in Malta.

Education

He furthered his studies at the University of Malta (Doctor of Laws, M.Jur. (summa cum laude), Master of Arts) and at the University of London (University College London and London School of Economics and Political Science) (Master of Laws).

Career

In 2010, Caruana Galizia threatened to go to the European Court of Human Rights, but never went through with lieutenant From 2014, Sammut has started lecturing at the University of Malta on the history of the Maltese Criminal Code.

Achievements

• He was also heavily attacked by columnist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, but he is one of the few to have won libel proceedings against her, establishing that what she wrote about him was completely false.

Works

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  • The Law in All Its Majesty - Essays in Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law, Volume 1

    ( This is a book about intriguing aspects of Maltese lega...)

  • The Law in All its Majesty: Volume 1 : Essays and Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law(Hardback) - 2016 Edition

    (New)

Politics

Sammut was politically active for some years (1993-2003), from 1996 onward within the ranks of the Labour Party of Malta. In the electoral campaign of 2003, he had a prominent role on the eve of the elections during one the activities of the Party.

Membership

Sammut served as Local Councillor (1993-1996), Member of the Company-Operative Societies Board (1997-1998), Secretary of the Notarial Council of Malta (2000-2003), Honorary Consul of Latvia (2001-2006), and President of the Maltese Language Association - University Ghaqda tal-Malti Università (2007-2009). He is a member of the Royal Historical Society and of the Malta Historical Society.