- Law Degree with Honors, Sapienza University of Rome, 1980–1981.

-  PhD in Roman and Mediterranean Oriental Law (First Cycle), 1983–1987.

-  CNR Research Fellow, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institut für Römisches und Gemeines Recht, 1988–1989.

-  Researcher in Roman Law Institutions, Faculty of Law, University of Cagliari, 1990.

-  Associate Professor of History of Roman Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cagliari, 1998.

-  Extraordinary Professor of Roman Law and Roman Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cagliari, 2005.

-  Full Professor of Roman Law, History of Roman Law, and Roman Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cagliari, 2008.

-  Full Professor of Roman Law Institutions, Faculty of Law, University of Cagliari, 2011.

-  Director of the Department of Law, University of Cagliari, 2012.

-  Member of the Academic Senate, University of Cagliari, 2015.