Un magistrato lucano al servizio di Ferdinando IV. Alessio de Sariis e il suo contributo alla storia e alla sistemazione delle leggi patrie del Regno di Napoli

Contemporary historiography has almost completely neglected the figure of Alessio de Sariis, judge and royal governor under Ferdinando IV of Bourbon. Yet, the life of this Lucanian magistrate does not fail to offer research ideas of particular interest that certainly deserve to be deepened. As a jurist, de Sariis deserves full merit for the completion and systematic collection of all the legislative sources of the Neapolitan ius regium (legislation of the king) which he completed in just over five years. This essay therefore aims to rediscover the figure of Alessio de Sariis, first reconstructing his career as a local magistrate, and then moving on to the analysis of the minor writings and of his most important work, the Codice delle leggi del Regno di Napoli.