The Court

The official seat of the Court is in Gallitassi Street. In the building the Prosecutor's Office is located as well.

The Court of the city of Lucca is a Judiciary Office, which has judicial power also in the field of criminal law and in the civil sector.


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In order to explain Article 3 of the Constitution Pertini goes back to the centre.

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Pertini is in front of the Court with the students.

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Alessandra: Mr. President, is it true that we are all equal before the law?

Pertini: Indeed it is! We have fought for this; can you see the Court? One day this statement will be a goal achieved by everyone.

Marco: Are the poor really equal citizens before the law, Mr. President?

Pertini: The government must work hard to remove obstacles, so that we can all be equal!


Art.3 Cost.

All citizens have equal social dignity and are equal before the law, whithout distinction of sex, race, language, religion, political opinion, personal and social conditions. It is the duty of the Republic to remove those obstacles of an economic or social nature which constrain the freedom and equality of citizens, there by impeding the full development of the human person and the effective participation of all workers in the political, economic and social organisation of the country”.