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ITTIG: Databases

This page on the ITTIG (Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques) website provides information about and links to the various legal databases maintained by ITTIG. Most of the databases are bibliographic and cover articles from legal journals, disability law, information technology law, environmental law and bibliographies on various legal topics. Some of the databases are no longer updated. Free registration is required to access some of the resources. The site can be viewed in Italian and English.

Giustizia Amministrativa

This website provides decisions of the Italian Council of State and of the Regional Administrative Tribunals (TARs). Decisions can be searched by date or decision number. The site also has reports and minutes of meetings of the Council of the Presidency. The site is in Italian only.

Guide to Italian legal research and resources on the web

Online guide to Italian legal research and Internet resources written by Elio Fameli who is Associated Research Director at the Istituto di Teoria e Tecniche dell’Informazione Giuridica (ITTIG) and Francesco Fameli a lawyer working in Florence. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2021. The guide is provided on the GlobaLex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Consulta Online

Consulta Online is a website providing information about the Italian Constitutional Court, produced by Professor Pasquale Costanzo of the University of Genoa. The site has full-text decisions of the Constitutional Court back to 1970. The Italian Constitution also available, along with other constitutional laws. There are also links to related websites. The site is almost wholly in Italian only, but background notes about the Court, and copies of the Constitution, are provided in English, French, German and Arabic.

Italian Constitutional Court

Official website of the Italian Constitutional Court. This site includes information about the work of the court including brief biographical details of its President, Vice President and judges. A calendar of public hearings and closed sessions is given along with court pronouncements and summaries (in Italian only) of judgements back to 1956. Recent judgements (from 2006 onwards), felt to be of interest to foreign users, can be viewed in English in full text.

Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques

Website of the Italian Istituto di Teoria e Tecniche dell'Informazione Giuridica (ITTIG) (Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques) which was established in 2002. The ITTG carries out "research, specialized training, consultancy and technical-scientific transferal in the field of information and communications technology applied to law and public administration." The site gives details of research projects and publications, consultancy work and courses offered by the Institute.

Istituto dell'Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria

The Website of the Istituto dell'Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria (IAP) is an online resource providing information about the organisation's responsibilities and the Code of Marketing Communication. As a founding member of the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), the IAP is committed to advertising self regulation within its own country and the European Union. The site gives the full-text of the Code which governs its members' practice.

Constitution of Italy

English version of the Italian Constitution of 1948, incorporating amendments made up to 2014, provided by the International Constitutional Law (ICL) Project at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The ICL site also offers constitutional background information and brief historical and news items. The Constitution describes the functions and powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. It also provides details of the civil rights and duties of the individual citizen.

Parlamento Italiano

Official website of the Italian parliament, containing information about its members, functions and the election of a president. The site is published in Italian only. It contains the text of all laws (leggi) from 1996 onwards. These can be browsed by date, by type of act and by subject. Legislation in progress can also be browsed, along with the decreti-leggi currently being considered and decreti-legislativi from 1996 onwards. Reports, agendas and other documents relating to parliamentary proceedings are also provided along with information on the work of parliamentary committees.

Chamber of Arbitration of Milan

Website of the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan, a special agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan providing commercial dispute resolution services. The site carries information about the Chamber's objectives, composition and services. Italian arbitration laws and the Chamber's mediation and arbitration rules are available to download. Practical information on arbitration and mediation is also given including forms, costs and model arbitration clauses and agreements. The site is freely accessible in HTML and available in English and Italian language versions.

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