Constantin Dissescu

After graduating from Saint Sava National College in Bucharest, Dissescu followed family tradition, studying law and history at the University of Paris.

[1] Dissescu edited Dreptul newspaper, and in 1907 pleaded on behalf of a law for organizing the legal profession.

[2] In 1891, Dissescu insisted on admitting to the bar Sarmiza Bilcescu, Romania’s first female lawyer.

He authored studies of law (Chestiunea revizuirii legii electorale, Originea și condițiunea proprietății în România, Legea Minelor) and history (Conferinṭă asupra vieții lui Barbu Știrbeiu, Amintiri și impresii din Cadrilater), as well as literary or social essays (Psihologia călugărului, Despre poezia română, Ovide, Despre imitație, Povețe de viață).

[1] Dissescu was married to Alexandrina Hagi Panteli, who came from a wealthy boyar merchant family.