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In the Italian legal system there are just a few rules concerning precedents, but there is no binding precedent. Even the judgments of the supreme courts are not binding: they have just a weak persuasive force, mainly because of their high and excessive number. However, precedents are frequently quoted, but mainly in the form of short and general statements. In Italy there is no prospective overruling.
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See e.g. Pizzorusso, A., Fonti del diritto, 2nd ed., Bologna-Roma, 2011,705.
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About this system see more broadly Taruffo, M., Precedente e giurisprudenza, in Rivista trimestrale di diritto e procedura civile, 2007, 709; Id., Precedents in Italy, in Precedents and the Law. Reports of the XVIIth Congress International Academy of Comparative Law. Utrecht, 16–22 July 2006, ed. by E. Hondius, Bruxelles 2007, 179.
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See e.g. Gentili, A., Il diritto come discorso, Milano 2013, 7, 151; Guastini, R., L’interpretazione dei documenti normativi, Milano 2004.
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Taruffo, M. (2015). Judicial Rulings with Prospective Effect in Italy. In: Comparing the Prospective Effect of Judicial Rulings Across Jurisdictions. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16175-4_9
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