Sulle tracce romanistiche del Codice civile / On the romanist tracks of the Civil Code

The essay includes at the beginning some brief considerations about the concepts of ‘diligentia of pater familias” coming from the Roman law, and incorporated in the art. 1176, first clause, of the Italian Civil Code of 1942; after, it mentions the concept of juristic act (that was not included in the Code) with particular respect to the elements of will and cause, in light of the vision dating back to Emilio Betti.