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.
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.