The codice civile represents private law.
[3] This code contains the rules for civil proceedings before a court of law.
[4] The Penal Code (Codice Penale) 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] Code of Criminal Procedure The Codice della Navigazione[6] is the principal set of rules governing the internal states and situations of sea and air navigation.