Legal System

Law of Italy

Civil Law Family

Italian law is the body of law across the Italian Republic. It draws on a plurality of sources arranged in a hierarchy, in which a rule from a lower source can never override a rule from a higher one.

Facts

Origin Year

1942 1

Example Jurisdictions

Regions of Italy (regional councils share legislative power with the Italian Parliament) 2

Primary Source of Law

Constitution of 1948 2

Classification

Legal Family

Civil Law 1

Connections

In Legal Family

Civil Law

In Legal System

Civil Law

Legal-system family: Civil Law Family, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.

Includes

Alberico Gentili

Source Wikidata: Alberico Gentili

Amalfian Laws

Source Amalfian Laws (Wikipedia)

Andrea Alciato

Source Andrea Alciato (Wikipedia)

Antonio Cassese

Source Antonio Cassese (Wikipedia)

Antonio Pigliaru

Source Wikidata: Antonio Pigliaru

Additional Source Antonio Pigliaru (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: 20th-century Italian jurists

Carta de Logu

Source Carta de Logu (Wikipedia)

Cesare Beccaria

Source Cesare Beccaria (Wikipedia)

Cesare Mirabelli

Source Wikidata: Cesare Mirabelli

Council of State (Italy)

Source Council of State (Italy) (Wikipedia)

Cuno Tarfusser

Source Cuno Tarfusser (Wikipedia)

Dionisio Anzilotti

Source Dionisio Anzilotti - Wikipedia

Emilio Betti

Source Wikidata: Emilio Betti

Additional Source Emilio Betti (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Enrico Ferri

Source Enrico Ferri (criminologist) (Wikipedia)

Fausto Pocar

Source Fausto Pocar (Wikipedia)

Francesco Carnelutti

Source Francesco Carnelutti (Wikipedia)

Francesco Carrara

Source Francesco Carrara (jurist) (Wikipedia)

Francesco Ruffini

Source Wikidata: Francesco Ruffini

Gaetano Morelli

Source Gaetano Morelli (Wikipedia)

Giorgio Del Vecchio

Source Giorgio Del Vecchio (Wikipedia)

Giorgio Gaja

Source Giorgio Gaja (Wikipedia)

Giovanni Codagnello

Source Giovanni Codagnello - Wikipedia

Giovanni da Legnano

Source John of Legnano (Wikipedia)

Guido Raimondi

Source Guido Raimondi (Wikipedia)

Gustavo Zagrebelsky

Source Gustavo Zagrebelsky (Wikipedia)

Ida Caracciolo

Source International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: ITLOS Members of the Tribunal

Italian Code of Criminal Procedure

Source Italian Code of Criminal Procedure (Wikipedia)

Lidia Poet

Source Lidia Po?t (Wikipedia)

Luigi Ferrari Bravo

Source Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Wikipedia)

Luigi Gaetano Marini

Source Wikipedia: Luigi Gaetano Marini

Marco da Saliceto

Source Marco da Saliceto, Wikipedia

Marta Cartabia

Source Wikidata: Marta Cartabia

Mauro Politi

Source Mauro Politi (Wikipedia)

Norberto Bobbio

Source Norberto Bobbio (Wikipedia)

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini

Source Wikipedia: Pasquale Stanislao Mancini

Pierino Belli

Source Wikidata: Pierino Belli

Additional Source Pierino Belli (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Piero Calamandrei

Source Piero Calamandrei (Wikipedia)

Pietro da Ripalta

Source Wikipedia: Pietro da Ripalta

Raffaele Sabato

Source European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court

Roberto Ago

Source Roberto Ago (Wikipedia)

Rodolfo Sacco

Source Rodolfo Sacco (Wikipedia)

Rosario Salvatore Aitala

Source Rosario Salvatore Aitala (Wikipedia)

Sabino Cassese

Source Sabino Cassese (Wikipedia)

Santi Romano

Source Santi Romano (Wikipedia)

Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy

Ugo Mattei

Source Wikidata: Ugo Mattei

Additional Source Ugo Mattei (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Italian legal scholars

Valerio Onida

Source Valerio Onida (Wikipedia)

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

Source Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Wikipedia)

Vittorio Scialoja

Source Wikidata: Vittorio Scialoja

Vladimiro Zagrebelsky

Source Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (Wikipedia)

Zanardelli Code

Source Zanardelli Code (Wikipedia)

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Source Wikipedia: Law of Italy

Sources

1. Law of Italy (Wikipedia)

The Italian civil code is based on codified Roman law with elements of the Napoleonic civil codeView the Source

2. Wikipedia: Law of Italy

Introduction, fourth sentence
The Constitution of 1948 is the main source.
Legislative power
Article 117 of the Constitution of Italy shares legislative power, according to the concerned matters, between Italian Parliament and regional councils.

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Wikidata: Alberico Gentili

Includes: Alberico Gentili, Alberico Gentili (14 January 1552-19 June 1608) was an Italian jurist, a tutor of Queen Elizabeth I, and a standing advocate to the Spanish Embassy in London, who served as the Regius Professor...View the Source

Wikidata: Vittorio Scialoja

Includes: Vittorio Scialoja, Vittorio Giulio Ippolito Camillo Scialoja (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ʃʃaˈlɔːja]; 24 April 1856-19 November 1933) was an influential Italian Professor of Jurisprudence.View the Source

Wikidata: Cesare Mirabelli

Includes: Cesare Mirabelli, Cesare Mirabelli (born December 29, 1942) is an Italian jurist.View the Source

Wikidata: Francesco Ruffini

Includes: Francesco Ruffini, Francesco Ruffini (Lessolo, April 10, 1863 - Turin, March 29, 1934) was an Italian jurist, historian, politician and antifascist.View the Source

Wikidata: Marta Cartabia

Includes: Marta Cartabia, Marta Cartabia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarta karˈtaːbja]; born 14 May 1963) is an Italian jurist and academic who served as Minister of Justice in the national unity government of Prime Minister...View the Source

List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)

In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, opening list, French civil law bullet: Italy named directlyView the Source

European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court

European Court of Human RightsIncludes: Raffaele Sabato, Judges of the Court, state

Quote, Includes: Raffaele Sabato, Judges of the Court, state

Raffaele Sabato Judge Italy

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Carta de Logu (Wikipedia)

Includes: Carta de Logu, Lead

Quote, Includes: Carta de Logu, Lead

The Carta de Logu was a legal code of the Judicate of Arborea, written in the Sardinian language and promulgated by the juighissa Eleanor of Arborea in 1392.

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Amalfian Laws (Wikipedia)

Includes: Amalfian Laws, Lead section

Quote, Includes: Amalfian Laws, Lead section

The Amalfian Laws are a code of maritime laws compiled in the 12th century in Amalfi, a town in Italy.

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Italian Code of Criminal Procedure (Wikipedia)

Includes: Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, Lead section

Quote, Includes: Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, Lead section

The Italian Code of Criminal Procedure contains the rules governing criminal procedure in every court in Italy.

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Wikipedia: Pasquale Stanislao Mancini

WikipediaIncludes: Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and statesman

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Marco da Saliceto, Wikipedia

Includes: Marco da Saliceto, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Marco da Saliceto, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian notary and administrator from Bologna

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Wikipedia: Pietro da Ripalta

Includes: Pietro da Ripalta, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Pietro da Ripalta, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian notary and historian

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Giovanni Codagnello - Wikipedia

Includes: Giovanni Codagnello, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Giovanni Codagnello, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian notary and historian

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Wikipedia: Luigi Gaetano Marini

Includes: Luigi Gaetano Marini, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Luigi Gaetano Marini, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian natural philosopher

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Dionisio Anzilotti - Wikipedia

Includes: Dionisio Anzilotti, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Dionisio Anzilotti, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and judge of the Permanent Court

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Roberto Ago (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Roberto Ago, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Roberto Ago, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist

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Antonio Cassese (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Antonio Cassese, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Antonio Cassese, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist who specialized in public intern

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Giorgio Gaja (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Giorgio Gaja, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Giorgio Gaja, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian jurist

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Rosario Salvatore Aitala (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian jurist specialising in criminal law

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Cuno Tarfusser (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Cuno Tarfusser, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Cuno Tarfusser, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian former judge of the International Crimi

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Luigi Ferrari Bravo (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Luigi Ferrari Bravo, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian professor and legal expert who served a

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Gaetano Morelli (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Gaetano Morelli, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Gaetano Morelli, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and magistrate

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Rodolfo Sacco (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Rodolfo Sacco, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Rodolfo Sacco, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian legal scholar

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Francesco Carrara (jurist) (Wikipedia)

Includes: Francesco Carrara, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Francesco Carrara, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and liberal politician who was o

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Cesare Beccaria (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Cesare Beccaria, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Cesare Beccaria, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian criminologist

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Giorgio Del Vecchio (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Giorgio Del Vecchio, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Giorgio Del Vecchio, Wikipedia lead sentence

was a prominent Italian legal philosopher of the early

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Norberto Bobbio (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Norberto Bobbio, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Norberto Bobbio, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian philosopher of law and political scienc

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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian statesman

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Santi Romano (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Santi Romano, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Santi Romano, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian public lawyer

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Sabino Cassese (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Sabino Cassese, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Sabino Cassese, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian jurist

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Gustavo Zagrebelsky (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Gustavo Zagrebelsky, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Gustavo Zagrebelsky, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian judge and constitutionalist

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Fausto Pocar (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Fausto Pocar, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Fausto Pocar, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian jurist who served as a judge of the Int

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Valerio Onida (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Valerio Onida, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Valerio Onida, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist

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Guido Raimondi (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Guido Raimondi, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Guido Raimondi, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian judge born in Naples and former judge a

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Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist

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John of Legnano (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Giovanni da Legnano, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Giovanni da Legnano, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist

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Francesco Carnelutti (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Francesco Carnelutti, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Francesco Carnelutti, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and lawyer

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Piero Calamandrei (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Piero Calamandrei, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Piero Calamandrei, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian author

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Mauro Politi (Wikipedia)

Includes: Mauro Politi, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Mauro Politi, Wikipedia lead sentence

is an Italian jurist who served as a judge of the Int

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Andrea Alciato (Wikipedia)

Includes: Andrea Alciato, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Andrea Alciato, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian jurist and writer

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Council of State (Italy) (Wikipedia)

Includes: Council of State (Italy), Wikipedia lead paragraph

Quote, Includes: Council of State (Italy), Wikipedia lead paragraph

body that ensures the legality of public administration in Italy. The council has jurisdiction over all administra

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Zanardelli Code (Wikipedia)

Includes: Zanardelli Code, Wikipedia lead paragraph

Quote, Includes: Zanardelli Code, Wikipedia lead paragraph

The Italian Penal Code of 1889 (Italian: Codice penale italia

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Enrico Ferri (criminologist) (Wikipedia)

Includes: Enrico Ferri, Wikipedia lead sentence

Quote, Includes: Enrico Ferri, Wikipedia lead sentence

was an Italian criminologist

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Lidia Po?t (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Lidia Poet, Introduction

Quote, Includes: Lidia Poet, Introduction

Lidia Poët (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːdja poˈɛt]; 26 August 1855-25 February 1949) was the first modern female Italian lawyer.

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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: ITLOS Members of the Tribunal

International Tribunal for the Law of the SeaIncludes: Ida Caracciolo, Members: current composition of the Tribunal

Quote, Includes: Ida Caracciolo, Members: current composition of the Tribunal

Ida Caracciolo (Italy)

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Antonio Pigliaru (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Antonio Pigliaru, Wikipedia category: 20th-century Italian jurists

Quote, Includes: Antonio Pigliaru, Wikipedia category: 20th-century Italian jurists

Category:20th-century Italian jurists

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Ugo Mattei (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Ugo Mattei, Wikipedia category: Italian legal scholars

Quote, Includes: Ugo Mattei, Wikipedia category: Italian legal scholars

Category:Italian legal scholars

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Pierino Belli (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Pierino Belli, Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Quote, Includes: Pierino Belli, Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Category:Italian law biography stubs

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Emilio Betti (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIncludes: Emilio Betti, Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Quote, Includes: Emilio Betti, Wikipedia category: Italian law biography stubs

Category:Italian law biography stubs

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