Diritto Municipale

[1] This is one of the more humane set of laws ever compiled by the Order, in keeping with the enlightened ideology sweeping all around Europe at the time.

In 1781, Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc assigned the creation of this Code of Laws[1] to a Neapolitan lawyer, Giandonato Rogadeo whom had previously successfully defended the Order from lawsuits that it had gotten from Naples.

Rogadeo, however was arrogant, looking down on and ignoring all of the suggestions given by the Maltese lawyers and judges.

Rohan, taken aback by the verdict, appointed another commission made up mainly of members of the Order.

The task was therefore forwarded to a Maltese lawyer Federico Gatt who devised the new code of laws.