Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz (Naples 1884 - Rome 1964) was a distinguished Italian jurist and Roman Law scholar, who also held the post of Minister of Justice and Minister of Education. Among his most famous works on Roman Law are: Storia del diritto romano (1937) and, Istituzioni di diritto romano (1957). Arangio-Ruiz was the Minister of Justice in the government of Ivanoe Bonomi and Ferruccio Parri. He has been minister of justice from June 1944 to December 1945.