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    Italian Law in Italian Italiansrus.com
    This is a great resource for Italian law. All of the information within this section are in Italian.

    Cavaliere & Cavaliere - Avvocati - Roma
    This law firm based in Rome provides a full range of services to Italian and foreign clients. Service in English or Italian with expertise helping foreign, particularly American and Canadian clients with matters in Italy, such as citizenship, immigration, employment, property transactions, wills, family law and debt collection.

    Claim Your Italian Inheritance Italiansrus.com
    If a will does not exist, Italian law imposes what might be called "forced heirship", whereby certain relatives are entitled to a fixed proportion of a person's estate on death. Even if a will does exist, it must consider preset minimum quotas for certain member of the family otherwise the will would be considered null and void.

    Code of Canon Law
    These are the laws that govern the Catholic Church.

    Constitution of the Italian Republic
    The English version to Italy's constitution, which was enacted on December 22, 1947. This is a pdf file.

    The Constitutional Court
    This lists the judges, what the role of the court is and the jundgements they have ruled on.

    Emigrant Abandoned Property in Italy
    The following is an index of family names and their abandoned properties by Province and Town. If you see your family name, you may order an official report which will reference: map and parcels numbers, size of properties, names on title from the late 1800s to the present, dates of birth in most cases, and other details such as the names of other family members.

    Guide to Italian Legal Research and Resources on the Web
    This is a very detailed guide that contains a number of resources available online.

    Is Your Last Will the Way? Italiansrus.com
    You will be shocked to learn that Italian law may not agree with your desires and might even impose the distribution of your Italian assets in a different manner than you had intended - regardless of your citizenship or residency.

    Italian Legal Language Services
    They offer assistance to individuals and attorneys on matters of Italian inheritance law, real property title searches, marriage and divorce proceedings in Italy as well as assistance with pensions and general administrative issues.

    Italy Law Blog
    This is an independent blog run by a pro bono association called T & Partners. Their goal is to provide free information about Italy regarding economical, strategical and legal topics.

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    Losing Your Italian Inheritance Italiansrus.com
    Many people believe that Italian law follows the "same rules" as those of their home country and that, for example, if you are named in a will you inherit something, and if not named, you get nothing. This common belief is generally the crux of the matter and the reason inheritances are lost or go unclaimed!

    NATLEX - Italy
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    Roman Legal Tradition
    A Journal of Ancient Medieval and Modern Civil Law, which aims to promote the study of the civilian tradition in English.

    Roman Law
    Invented over 2000 years ago Roman Law still has its influence in the modern day legal system.

    Scorpions and Italian Real Estate Italiansrus.com
    Which Italian word accurately represents a legal concept understood by all Italians and known to none? If your parents or grandparents abandoned their family and land in Italy for a better life elsewhere, you should read on.

    Using the Inheritance Wild Card Italiansrus.com
    So what does this wild card have to do with the writing of an Italian will? It relates to the percentage of one's assets in Italy that one may dispose of freely. In Italian legalese it is called, La disponibile.

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