1865 · Civil codes

Italian Civil Code of 1865

Italy

The first civil code of the new kingdom of Italy, replacing the codes of the older Italian states.

Why it matters

It brought the French model to a newly unified country.

Built on

1804

French Civil Code (Napoleonic Code)

France

closely modelled on the French code

Went on to shape

1942

Italian Civil Code of 1942

Italy

replaced and updated the earlier code

Counting texts that borrowed from the texts that borrowed from this one, 3 later texts on this timeline trace back to it.

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Italy

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