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Author:   Dr Stephen Skinner (University of Exeter)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9781849465526

ISBN 10:   1849465525
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   26 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Fascism and Criminal Law, 'One of the Greatest Attributes of Sovereignty' Stephen Skinner I Criminal Law and Italian Fascism 1 The Shadow of the Law: the Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State between Justice and Politics in the Italian Fascist Period Luigi Lacche 2 The Positivist School of Criminology and Italian Fascist Criminal Law: a Squandered Legacy? Emilia Musumeci 3 Fascist by Name, Fascist by Nature? The 1930 Italian Penal Code in Academic Commentary, 1928-46 Stephen Skinner 4 Criminal Law, Racial Law, Fascist Law: Was the Fascist Era Really a 'Parenthesis' for the Italian Legal System? Michael A Livingston II Criminal Law, Fascism and Authoritarianism in Romania, Spain, Brazil and Japan 5 The Enemy Within: Criminal Law and Ideology in Interwar Romania Cosmin S Cercel 6 Criminal Law under the Francoist Regime: the Influence of Militarism and National-Catholicism Pascual Marzal 7 When Law and Prerogatives Blend: Generic Fascism in Getulio Vargas's Brazil, 1930-45 Elizabeth Cancelli 8 Facilitating Fascism? The Japanese Peace Preservation Act and the Role of the Judiciary Hiromi Sasamoto-Collins Conclusion: Repression and Legality Stephen Skinner Afterword Through the Looking Glass: Thinking About and Working Through Fascist Criminal Law David Fraser

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This collection of essays addresses different aspects of criminal law in some of the political regimes that took power after the First World War, loosely referred to as as 'fascist' -- Tiago Pires Marquez * British Journal of Criminology Advance Access *

This collection of essays addresses different aspects of criminal law in some of the political regimes that took power after the First World War, loosely referred to as as 'fascist' -- Tiago Pires Marquez British Journal of Criminology Advance Access

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Stephen Skinner is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter.

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