The Italian Anticorruption Authority’s Guidelines in the System of Law Sources

The article focuses on the regulatory activity of the Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) following the entry into force of the new Public Contracts Code, with particular reference to the guidelines established for the implementation of the Code and their placement within the system of sources. The article first questions the correctness of framing the guidelines within the so-called soft law, and then focuses on the characterization of the «binding» guidelines as normative acts or administrative acts, also considering those guidelines that have already been published.