Bibliograph

The fascists and the jews of Italy, Mussolini's race laws, 1938-1943, Michael A. Livingston

Type

Label

The fascists and the jews of Italy, Mussolini's race laws, 1938-1943, Michael A. Livingston

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fascists and the jews of Italy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1058397919

Responsibility statement

Michael A. Livingston

Series statement

Studies in Legal HistoryCambridge books online

Sub title

Mussolini's race laws, 1938-1943

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--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

1 - Introduction: On the Historical Significance of the Leggi Razziali 2 - Legislation: Race, Religion, and the "Italian Model" of Antisemitism 3 - Administration: Expansion, Evasion, and the Problem of Institutional Conflict 4 - Adjudication: Theory, Practice, and the Role of Judicial Personality 5 - The Daily Plebiscite: How Local Officials and Ordinary Italians Responded to the Race Laws 6 - From Perpetrators to Victims: The Question of Jewish Responses 7 - Conclusion: Implications of the Race Laws for Italy, the Legal Profession, and the Study of Racial Statutes

resource.variantTitle

The Fascists & the Jews of Italy

Creator