Mussolini’s nose. A transnational history of the penal code of fascism

Defence date: 6 June 2007Examining Board: Prof. Peter Becker, European University Institute (EUI) ; Prof. Christian Joerges, (European University Institute); Prof. Dario Melossi, (University of Bologna); Prof. António M. Hespanha, (New University of Lisbon)PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digital archive of EUI PhD thesesThe analysis in the thesis unfold in three steps. It departs from a set of inquiries on the several discursive threads that intersected in the process of criminal codification in Italy, which, due to their eminently transnational nature, are rooted on a plane that goes beyond the strict Italian case (Part I). It then focuses on the process of criminal codification proper under fascism (Part II). Lastly, in Part III, the penal question is again addressed as a transnational theme, an operation that allows us to grasp the meaning of these juridico-penal institutions in terms of the political and social dimensions that underlie their fabric