The Fascists and the Jews of Italy : Mussolini's Race Laws, 1938-1943 / Michael A. Livingston, Rutgers-Camden School of Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Michael A., author.

Series:

Studies in legal history.

Studies in legal history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Italy--History--20th century.

Race discrimination.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Italy--History--20th century.

Jews.

Antisemitism--Italy--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Fascism--Italy--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Italy--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Fascists & the Jews of Italy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1938 until 1943 - before the German occupation and accompanying Holocaust - Fascist Italy drafted and enforced a comprehensive set of anti-Semitic laws. Notwithstanding later rationalizations, the laws were administered with a high degree of severity and resulted in serious damage to the Italian Jewish community. Written from the perspective of an American legal scholar, this book constitutes the first truly comprehensive survey of the Race Laws in the English language. Based on an exhaustive review of Italian legal, administrative and judicial sources, together with archives of the Italian Jewish community, Professor Michael A. Livingston demonstrates the zeal but also the occasional ambivalence and contradictions with which the Race Laws were applied by the Italian legal order and ordinary citizens. Although frequently depressing, the history of the Race Laws contains numerous examples of personal courage and idealism, providing a useful and timely study of what happens when otherwise decent people are confronted with an evil and unjust legal order.

Contents:

Introduction : On the historical significance of the leggi razziali

Legislation : race, religion, and the "Italian model" of antisemitism

Administration : expansion, evasion, and the problem of institutional conflict

Adjudication : theory, practice, and the role of judicial personality

The daily plebiscite : how local officials and ordinary Italians responded to the Race Laws

From perpetrators to victims : the question of Jewish responses

Conclusion : Implications of the Race Laws for Italy, the legal profession, and the study of racial statutes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-24155-3

1-107-24042-5

1-107-25108-7

1-139-22648-7

1-107-24776-4

1-107-25025-0

1-107-24942-2

1-107-24859-0