Judicial organization chart kindly provided by Dr. Giovanna Micheli, LL.M., Avvocato

Civil Procedure (Judicial organization)

First instance
Giudice di pace (Circuit or Precint Court - G.di P.) Art. 7 c.p.c.		Pretore (Local Court - Pret.)      Art. 8 c.p.c.		Tribunale (Circuit Court - Trib.) Art. 9 c.p.c.
Before June, 1999	After June, 1999	Before June, 1999	After June, 1999	Before June, 1999
Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims less than 50,000,000 ITL	Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims less than 5,000,000 ITL __________ After January, 2002 Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims less than Euro 2,582.28*	Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims more than 5,000,000 ITL but less than 20,000,000 ITL __________ After March, 1998 Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims claims more than 5,000,000 ITL but less than 50,000,000 ITL	Abrogated	Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims exeeding 20,000,000 ITL __________ After June, 1999 Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims exeeding 50,000,000 ITL __________ After January, 2002 Exclusive authority for specific subject matters and for claims exeeding Euro 2,582.28*

Second instance
Pretore (Abrogated) --- Questions on facts against the decision of the Giudice di Pace whom jurisdiction is within the Local Court territory	Tribunale Art. 341 c.p.c. Authority: Questions on facts against the decision of the Giudice di Pace whom jurisdiction is within the Circuit Court territory	Tribunale Art. 341 c.p.c. Authority: Questions on facts against the decisions of the Pretore whom jurisdiction is within the Circuit Court territory	Abrogated	Corte di Appello (District Court - App.) Art. 341 c.p.c. Authority: Questions on facts against the decisions of the Tribunale whom jurisdiction is within the District Court territory

Third instance

CORTE DI CASSAZIONE (Supreme Court - Cass.) Rome ART. 360 C.P.C. Authority: Any questions of law against any decisions by:      -   Judges of Second Instance (Tribunale or Corte d'Appello)      -   Judges of the First Instance (Giudice di Pace or Tribunale) when there is           not any other possibility of appeal recognized by law. (art. 111 Cost.)

*	The Permanent Commission of Justice of the Italian Parliament is actually discussing to upgrade this value to the amount of Euro 5,000.--