La comparaison comme méthode d’élaboration des lois au XIXe siècle : le cas de l’Italie (1814-1866)

[Machine translation] Italy from 1814-1866 can be considered as a privileged geographical area for comparison as a method of developing codes; probably, in Europe, one of the areas most concerned by this phenomenon. Thirty major collections of legislation were promulgated there that can be attached to the category of “modern” codes: the codes promulgated from the Restoration and until 1859 by the various “pre-unitary” states, then the first codes of the unitary kingdom, dating from 1865-1866. All these codes are the result of a vast comparative activity, characterized by certain specificities, sometimes leading to phenomena of “legislative ready-to-wear”.