Legal History of Italy - Giovanni D'Andrea, Manifesto of Race, Accursius, Capital Punishment in Italy, Assizes of Ariano, Bettisia Gozzadini (Paperback)

Chapters: Giovanni D'andrea, Manifesto of Race, Accursius, Capital Punishment in Italy, Assizes of Ariano, Bettisia Gozzadini, Constitutiones Sanct Matris Ecclesi, Law of Guarantees, Libri Feudorum, Assizes of Capua, Amalfian Laws, Gairethinx. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Manifesto of Race (Italian: ) sometimes known as the Charter of Race was a set of laws enacted in Fascist Italy during July 1938. The laws are regarded as antisemitic in nature, stripping the Jews of Italian citizenship and with it any position in the government or professions which many previous had. The manifesto demonstrated the enormous influence Adolf Hitler had over Benito Mussolini, since Italy had become allied with Nazi Germany which, at the time was quickly rising to power. In the sixteen years of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship prior to this, there had not been any race laws; Mussolini had held the view that a small contingent of Italian Jews had lived in Italy "since the days of the Kings of Rome" (a reference to the Ben Roma) and should "remain undisturbed." There were even some Jews in the National Fascist Party, such as Ettore Ovazza who in 1935 founded the Jewish Fascist paper La Nostra Bandiera. The German influence on Italian policy upset the established balance in Fascist Italy and proved highly unpopular to most Italians, to the extent that Pope Pius XII sent a letter to Mussolini protesting against the new laws. The Manifesto of Race, adopted as law in July 1938, declared the Italians to be descendants of the Aryan race. As its title implies, it targeted races that were seen as inferior (i.e. that were not of Aryan descent). In particular, Jews were banned from many professions and could have their property confiscated. Under racial laws, marria...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3117295