National
Court of Cassation
- Italian: Corte suprema di cassazione
Based in Italy
Official website (cortedicassazione.it) Report a problem with this page
Source: quirinale.it, checkedWho sits on it
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First President of the Court of Cassation
Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
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Sources for who sits on it
- First President of the Court of Cassation quirinale.it · checked
- Pasquale D'Ascola as First President of the Court of Cassation cortedicassazione.it · checked
What it can do
- Final appeal on points of law
The Court of Cassation hears appeals in cassation against judgments, on grounds of violation of law (Constitution Art. 111, para. 7).
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Sources for what it can do
- Final appeal on points of law quirinale.it · checked
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked Presidenza della Repubblica, Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana (text in force), read 2026-10-12: existence, structure and names of the national authorities. Websites from each body's own site. For: Court of Cassation
- governo.it · checked Italian names of bodies and ministerial offices from governo.it, camera.it, senato.it and the Costituzione, read 2026-10-12. For: Court of Cassation in Italian
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana, article cited in each power, read 2026-10-12. For: Final appeal on points of law
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral law), read 2026-10-12: offices, seat counts and selection methods. Ministerial portfolios from https://www.governo.it/it/ministri-e-sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12. For: First President of the Court of Cassation
- cortedicassazione.it · checked Corte Suprema di Cassazione, home page, read 2026-10-12: Pasquale D'Ascola is the current First President. Elected by the CSM plenum 2025-09-04 succeeding Margherita Cassano (AGI, https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2025-09-04/pasquale-d-ascola-presidente-cassazione-33013108/); exact start date not sourced, left NULL. For: Pasquale D'Ascola as First President of the Court of Cassation