Italian Scholarship and the Study of Civil Procedure in Perú: Comparative Insights from Experience

This contribution seeks to provide, for the first time, a general picture of the dynamics of reception and adaptation of Italian legal scholarship in the study of civil procedural law in Perú. It does so by drawing both on personal experience and historical context, examining the impact of certain Italian scholars on the methods of study and research themes in Perú, within the broader framework of Latin America. The structure of the work is as follows: after presenting a general overview that illustrates the current depth of Italian influence on Peruvian civil procedural law, also considering the author’s first-hand experiences in the country, a periodization is then proposed. This is followed by an analysis of the role of the Italian patres, Chiovenda, Calamandrei, and Carnelutti, in the development of Latin American, and Peruvian, ‘scientific proceduralism’. The discussion then shifts to recent decades, highlighting new research trajectories and evolving methodological approaches that have emerged in closer proximity to our time.