Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascist Italy

The author explains the sustained and wide-ranging interest in penal-law reform that defined this era in Italian legal history.

Table des matières

1. Body count; 2. Civilized violence; 3. Force of habit; 4. Tomorrow's criminals; 5. Grapes and wrath; 6. Coup, casualty and catalyst: the Ferri Code, 1919-25; 7. Fascism's legal Risorgimento, 1925-31; Conclusion.

A propos de l'auteur

Paul Garfinkel is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.

Résumé

Drawing on a vast array of archival, legal and official sources, the author explains the sustained and wide-ranging interest in penal-law reform that defined this era in Italian legal history while analyzing the philosophical underpinnings of that reform and its relationship to contemporary penal-reform movements abroad.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Paul Garfinkel, Paul (Simon Fraser University Garfinkel, Garfinkel Paul
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107108912
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10891-2
• Pages: 536
• Thème: Studies in Legal History
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th Century, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Fascism & Nazism, Legal History, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology