Italian Supreme Court: what does it do?
The Italian Supreme Court in the Italian law system is a final
instance court. Its task is to ensure compliance with Italian laws,
as well as uniform interpretation of the latter, unity of objective
law and respect of the limits of different legal jurisdictions.
It also has the function of establishing jurisdiction, that is,
establishing who has the power to sit in the case whenever a
conflict arises between ordinary and special courts or Italian and
foreign courts. It also has the task of and solving conflicts
between ordinary courts.
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has also jurisdiction in
matters of legislative elections and popular referendums aimed at
abrogating laws.
