Antonio Azara

Antonio Azara (born January 18, 1883 in Tempio Pausania , Province of Olbia-Tempio , † February 20, 1967 in Rome ) was an Italian lawyer and politician of the Democrazia Cristiana (DC), the member of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) and Minister of Justice of Italy was.

Life

After attending school, Azara studied law and became a lawyer after graduating in 1907 . He later became a judge and attorney general and, during the fascist regime of Mussolini, he was promoted to presiding judge of a chamber at the Corte Suprema di Cassazione , the highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in Italy . He played an active role in fascism and, after the proclamation of the Italian race laws in 1938, dealt with their influence on the civil code. For a short time he was also active as a scientific member of the racist magazine “Diritto razzista” (Eng. “Racial Law”). He broke with fascism only as a result of September 8, 1943 and the establishment of the Italian Social Republic , whereupon he was relieved of all his duties.

After the Second World War he was charged by the Supreme Commissioner for Sanctions against Fascism for collaborating with the fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini, but was ultimately acquitted.

In 1951 he was elected attorney general of the Supreme Court of Cassation and in 1952 its first post-war president.

On April 18, 1948, he was elected a member of the Senate, the Senato della Repubblica , and was a member of it until his death on February 20, 1967. During his membership in parliament he was first from June 1948 to June 1953 Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Approval Procedures and from February 1950 to August 1953 Chairman of the Electoral Committee. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from July 1949 to April 1963 .

On August 17, 1953, Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella appointed him Minister for Pardons and Justice ( Ministro di Grazia e Giustizia ) in his cabinet and held this office until January 17, 1954.

literature

Francesco Tritto: AZARA, Antonio. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 34: Primo supplemento AC. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1988.

Web links

Entry (1st legislative period) on the Senato della Repubblica homepage
Entry (2nd legislative period) on the Senato della Repubblica homepage
Entry (3rd legislative period) on the Senato della Repubblica homepage
Entry (4th legislative period) on the Senato della Repubblica homepage

Individual evidence

↑ Dario di Cecca (et.al) (Ed.): Il pensiero giuridico italiano 1941. In: Historia et ius. Rivista di storia giuridica dell'età medievale e moderna. Colitti; Rome 2018 ISSN 2279-7416 S. X
↑ Gentile Saverio: Le Leggi Razziali: scienza giuridica, norme, circolari. Educatt, Milan 2010, ISBN 978-88-8311-728-2 pp. 147-148
↑ Cecilia Nubola: Fascists in court: Italy's reckoning with the past. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-063921-6 p. 155
^ Francesco Tritto: Antonio Azara. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).

personal data
SURNAME	Azara, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian politician (DC), member of the Senato della Repubblica
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tempio Pausania , Province of Olbia-Tempio
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1967
Place of death	Rome

[1] Dario di Cecca (et.al) (Ed.): Il pensiero giuridico italiano 1941. In: Historia et ius. Rivista di storia giuridica dell'età medievale e moderna. Colitti; Rome 2018 ISSN 2279-7416 S. X

[2] Gentile Saverio: Le Leggi Razziali: scienza giuridica, norme, circolari. Educatt, Milan 2010, ISBN 978-88-8311-728-2 pp. 147-148

[3] Cecilia Nubola: Fascists in court: Italy's reckoning with the past. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-063921-6 p. 155

[4] Francesco Tritto: Antonio Azara. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).