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Under Italian Law, the promise of marriage is an act by which a person commits to another person to enter into marriage with him/her. This

The new Italian law on legitimate defence has been recently approved on 28.03.2019. The law widens the scope of legitimate defence and intensifies penalties for

The Italian Civil Code, at Article 143-bis, rules that the wife adds her husband’s surname to her surname and keeps it during her widowhood, until

The life insurance policy is a contract in favour of a third beneficiary party, who acquires the right to receive a payment at the moment

If foreign spouses residing in Italy want to divorce, the Italian Court will rule, even if the marriage was celebrated abroad. This principle was recently

Under Italian Inheritance Law, Article 720 of the Civil Code provides that if there is a non-divisible property, as part of the estate, the Court

In the case of a preliminary contract for a property purchase, the promissory buyer may suspend payment of the price when he has reason to

The Italian Privacy Code, amended by the GDPR, now regulates the digital identity, i.e. the status of social profiles and online accounts after the death

According to a recent interpretation, the child’s right to the respect of private life, under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, requires

Installing a spy software on someone else’s phone that allows interception of communications is a crime, even if the person under control is fully aware