Vatican
State

The Vatican State’s role is to support the mission of the Holy See and has juridical and legal laws especially where canon laws and Vatican laws jointly coexist. Each single case must be assessed according to international law as well as the actual law of the Vatican State. The Holy See is subject of international law and is a combination of the governing authorities of the Church. It includes the Pope, the Secretariat of State and the other offices of the Roman Curia in which the Church and the State of the Vatican City are fully represented. All the necessary tools to face a court hearing before the Vatican tribunal, be it civil or criminal, are provided by Cristiana Arru.

Vatican Civil
Law

It is highly recommended to rely on the assistance of a qualified and experienced lawyer given the countless controversies.

The cases are many when it is necessary to call on a lawyer to face civil litigations in the Vatican. Norms are applied taking into account an un-removable backdrop of the Social Doctrine of which the Church is head.

Civil proceedings in the Vatican City have to be dealt with according to a consolidated practice which sees the opening of a procedure as the last case, to be adopted only after every other means has failed. Cristiana Arru has over twenty years experience in the field and is perfectively capable of opening up negotiations in a structured and professional way, openly and with the aim of respecting everyone.

Vatican Criminal
Law

If someone has been questioned for having committed a crime or is charged with an offence, a technical defense is necessary, even in the Vatican.

To deal with a criminal case before a Vatican court, it is necessary to set up an adequate defense with the help of the lawyer and based on the legal acts. However, the method does not change, only the criteria of evaluation and the laws which are needed to be known.