1945 - 1952
University and beginnings
He graduated from law school in 1949 with a degree in International Law with the thesis “The Government of Fact” (supervisor Prof. Tomaso Perassi); publication was planned but unfortunately never completed.
In 1947, having obtained a passport, he stayed in Paris and attended the Alliance Française; in 1949 he took part in a Sommerkurs in Heidelberg; in 1950 he attended the Academy of International Law in The Hague.
In 1952 he married Giovanna Franzì Carlotti (1926-2014), who graduated in Social Work after attending the ENSISS School of Social Service in 1948 and graduated in Law from the State University of Rome in 1952 with a thesis in Criminal Law on “Non-imputability of minors under 14 years of age.”
They have two children, Chiara Francesca (aka Clarissa) (1956 Newark, NJ-USA) and Alberto Maurizio (1958 Ankara, Turkey).
Luigi Vittorio passed the diplomatic competition in January 1952 and was second in the rankings (both for the writings and the final result) out of eight admitted.