Italian Civil Code

The Italian Civil Code (Italian: Codice civile) is the civil code of Italy, a collection of norms regulating private law.^[1] It was enacted under Fascist rule, by Royal decree no. 262 of 16 March 1942. It predates the current Italian Constitution, and it was amended in the postwar period.^[1] The 1942 civil code replaced an earlier civil code which was in force since 1865, the latter being essentially an Italian translation of the Napoleonic Code.^[1] Some parts of the 1942 code are based on the German Civil Code of 1900.