Judgment, 26 February 1987.
The Court held that Article 18 of the Preliminary Dispositions of the Italian Civil Code, which provides that if no common national law exists, personal relations between a husband and wife are governed by the national law of the husband, is unconstitutional.  It ruled that this Article violated constitutional provisions calling for equality among all citizens and the equal dignity of the husband and wife in the family.
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