Italian officials declared the liberal state of law superseded by a welfare-state conception

Evidence

Th e pamphlet continued by stressing a historical aufh ebung: “Th e state of law that was considered the most elevated form of state before the war … has suddenly been overtaken and surpassed by the highest of conceptions: the state of law and social welfare” (ibid. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 237

Categorization

• DEFINE: The state-of-law-to-welfare-state transition is a definitional hinge for the whole period Mattei analyzes.
• XREF: connects to: Italy’s military defeat at Caporetto triggered a new state welfare role — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 259; Anti-statist legal relativism appealed across Italy’s political spectrum; Italian welfare arrived by executive decree to appease the working class quickly (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Italy’s military defeat at Caporetto triggered a new state welfare role #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 259
• Italian welfare arrived by executive decree to appease the working class quickly #expands (0.72)
• Anti-statist legal relativism appealed across Italy’s political spectrum #qualifies (0.70)