Citation and Precedent: Conjunctions and Disjunctions of German Law and Literature

by Thomas O. Beebee

Among Western literatures, only the German-speaking countries can boast a list of world-class writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, Kleist, Kafka, Schmitt, and Schlink who were trained as legal scholars. Yet this list only hints at the complex interactions between German law and literature. It can be supplemented, for example, with the unique interventions of the legal system into literature, ranging from attempts to save literature from the tidal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441117903
• ISBN13: 9781441117908
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher