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

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Publisher's description: 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 enforced and administered with a high degree of severity a...

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Main Author: Livingston, Michael A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Studies in legal history.
Subjects:
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Italy > History > 20th century.
Jews > Legal status, laws, etc. > Italy > History > 20th century.
Antisemitism > Italy > History > 20th century.
Fascism > Italy > History > 20th century.
Italy > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Fascism.
Jews > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation.
Italy.
History.
Table of 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.

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