Law of Italy

[2] Article 117 of the Constitution of Italy shares legislative power, according to the concerned matters, between Italian Parliament[3] and regional councils.

[5] There is also a second list of matters contained in the third paragraph of article 117 called matters of concurrent legislation, in which the Regions have legislative power, except for the determination of fundamental principles (framework laws), reserved to the State.

[8] The normative act issued in this way by the Government takes the name of decreto legislativo, "legislative decree".

[9] The power of legislative initiative is attributed to each parliamentarian, to the people, through the institution of the popular law proposal, carried out by collecting at least 50,000 signatures, and to the Council of Ministers, whose bills must however be countersigned by the President of the Italian Republic.

[10] Still in the sphere of legislative power, there are some cases in which it belongs to the sovereign people: through the institution of the abrogative referendum and, in constitutional matters, through the institution of the confirmatory referendum of constitutional laws.

[18] It is divided into six books, composed in turn into titles, chapters, sections, as well as 2,969 articles.

[19] The six books deal respectively of people and family, heritage, property, bonds, working and protection of rights.

The Constitution of the Italian Republic[22] is composed of 139 articles (five of which were later abrogated) and arranged into three main parts: Principi Fondamentali, the Fundamental Principles (articles 1–12); Part I concerning the Diritti e Doveri dei Cittadini, or Rights and Duties of Citizens (articles 13–54); and Part II the Ordinamento della Repubblica, or Organisation of the Republic (articles 55–139); followed by 18 Disposizioni transitorie e finali, the Transitory and Final Provisions.

69, which authorized the government to reorganize the administrative process, and entered into force on 16 September 2010.

It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self.