Italian law let prefects transfer requisitioned land to peasant cooperatives

Evidence

1919], 7862), which authorized prefects to requisition land and give it to peasant cooperatives for four years, or permanently. Also central for a coop’s livelihood were public works contracts (road building, schools, etc.— see Uffi cio Municipale del Lavoro 1920, 7– 8). — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 427

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which exact 1919/1920 decree is being referenced here, and how extensively were these requisition powers actually exercised?
• XREF: connects to: Peasants in postwar Italy reorganized production around subsistence needs rather than profit — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 381; Peasant cooperatives were converted from voluntary bodies into administrative instruments.; Sicilian peasant leagues won land reform then were brutally repressed

Broader Connections

• Peasant cooperatives were converted from voluntary bodies into administrative instruments. #complicates (0.85)
• Sicilian peasant leagues won land reform then were brutally repressed #expands (0.75)