# Italian Civil Code

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The **Italian Civil Code** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Codice civile*) is the [civil code](/source/Civil_code) of Italy, a collection of norms regulating [private law](/source/Private_law).[1] It was enacted under [Fascist rule](/source/Fascist_Italy_(1922%E2%80%931943)), by [Royal decree](/source/Royal_decree) no. 262 of 16 March 1942. It predates the current [Italian Constitution](/source/Constitution_of_Italy), 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](/source/Code_Napoleon).[1] Some parts of the 1942 code are based on the [German Civil Code](/source/German_Civil_Code) of 1900.

## Contents

- Preliminary provisions: 16 provisions applying to all books of the civil code.

- Book 1 - family law: marriage, adoption.

- Book 2 - inheritance law: wills.

- Book 3 - property: movable items, real estate, property rights and limits.

- Book 4 - bonds, purchase and sale contracts, mortgages.

- Book 5 - business law and labor law.

- Book 6 - civil liability, transcription, credit law, rules of evidence.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-perlingieri_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-perlingieri_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-perlingieri_1-2) Perlingieri, Pietro (2017). *Manuale di diritto civile* (8 ed.). Napoli: Edizioni scientifiche italiane. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [884953261X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/884953261X).

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