The Shamama case : Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean / Jessica M. Marglin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marglin, Jessica M., author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samama, Nessim, 1805-1873--Trials, litigation, etc.

Samama, Nessim.

Conflict of laws--Inheritance and succession--Italy--Cases.

Conflict of laws.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Italy--History--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Tunisia--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 363 p.) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His passing initiated a fierce lawsuit over his large estate. Before Shamama's riches could be disbursed among his aspiring heirs, Italian courts had to decide which law to apply to his estate-a matter that depended on his nationality. Was he an Italian citizen? A subject of the Bey of Tunis? Had he become stateless? Or was his Jewishness also his nationality? Tracing a decade-long legal battle involving Jews, Muslims, and Christians from both sides of the Mediterranean, 'The Shamama Case' offers a riveting history of citizenship across regional, cultural, and political borders.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Prologue: Death in Livorno

Introduction: Legal Belonging across the Mediterranean

Part I. Nissim Shamama

Part II. Shamama v. Shamama

Part III. Afterlives

Epilogue: Legal Belonging, Past and Present

Afterword: Writing Nissim Shamama

Cast of Characters

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2023).

ISBN:

9780691235882

0691235880

OCLC:

1345592573