Italian laws are often passed in haste, driven by the urgency to address sudden crises. As a result, they are frequently poorly designed - born from political compromise on one side and a lack of reliable information on the other. Over time, these rushed measures pile up chaotically, creating a legal system that loses coherence and at times drifts into almost Kafkaesque absurdity.

Since the 1990s, the quality of Italy’s legislation has declined sharply, giving rise to an unprecedented level of regulatory chaos. Increasingly drafted through emergency decrees, Italian laws have grown longer and more convoluted, often bundling unrelated provisions into sprawling “omnibus” bills. The language has become so dense that even the most experienced readers struggle to interpret it.