The Fascists and the Jews of Italy - Mussolini's Race Laws, 1938–1943 (Hardcover, New)

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 and resulted in serious, and in some cases permanent, 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 and assimilated by the Italian legal order and ordinary citizens. Although frequently depressing, the history of the Race Laws also involves numerous examples of personal courage and idealism, and provides a useful and timely study of what happens when otherwise decent people are confronted with an evil and unjust legal order."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Legal History
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Michael A Livingston
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-02756-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Fascism & Nazism Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-02756-X
Barcode:	9781107027565

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!