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Italian law codes

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The Italian law codes constitute the codified law of Italy. They include a civil code and its related procedure code, a criminal code and its related procedure code, and a navigation code. Starting from the 1980s, more specific subjects were needed and specific codes were created to better codify the law.

History

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There used to be only five codes of Italian law: the civil code (codice civile), the code of civil procedure (codice di procedura civile), the criminal code (codice penale), the code of criminal procedure (codice di procedura penale), and the navigation code (codice della navigazione).[1]

Civil code

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The civil code represents private law. The civil code also outlines commercial law and is the code dealing with corporate law. The first civil code was enacted in 1865,[2] and was reformed in 1942.[3]

Civil procedure code

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This code contains the rules for civil proceedings before a court of law.[4]

Criminal code

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The criminal code has its origins in Roman law and in Middle Ages canonical law, although the code in its current state was written during the French Enlightenment. All offences are classified as either delitti or contravvenzioni, the former representing the more serious of the two.[5]

Criminal procedure code

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The navigation code is the principal set of rules governing the internal states and situations of sea and air navigation.[6] It was approved originally during 1942 and subsequently amended 2005 and 2006.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cappelletti, Mauro; Merryman, John Henry; Perillo, Joseph M. (1967). The Italian Legal System: An Introduction. Stanford University Press. p. 214. ISBN 0804702853. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Pozzo, Barbara (2012). "Italy". In Smits, J. M. (ed.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2nd ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 457. ISBN 978-1781006108. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Patti, Francesco Paolo (2019). "Unfair Terms Control in Business-to-Business Contracts" (PDF). The Italian Law Journal. 5 (2): 581–612. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  4. ^ Grossi, Simona; Pagn, Maria Cristina (2010). Commentary on the Italian Code of Civil Procedure. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0195372717. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Mantovani, Ferrando; Flora, Giovanni (2023). Diritto penale (in Italian). CEDAM. ISBN 978-88-13-38373-2. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Crans, Berend J. H.; Nath, Ravi, eds. (2010). Aircraft Repossession and Enforcement: Practical Aspects, Volume 2. Kluwer Law International. ISBN 978-9041132512 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Antonini, Alfredo; Calvelli, Giovanni; Deiana, Massimo; Piras, Massimiliano; Zampone, Alessandro (2025). 1942-2022 Gli ottanta anni del Codice della navigazione: Passato, presente e futuro. Atti dei convegni di Roma, 21 aprile | Cagliari, 9 giugno | Trieste, 16 settembre (in Italian). Sapienza Università Editrice. ISBN 978-88-9377-379-9. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.

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