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Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in Weimar Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics...
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by Douglas G. Morris
Sales Rank: 1389052
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 464 pages
Published by: University of Michigan Press July 14, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 047211476X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0472114764
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Product Description
"This book reads like a legal thriller; it will leave you thinking about the nature of justice and inspired by the human spirit."
-Sister Helen Prejean
Justice Imperiled is the story of the brilliant lawyer Max Hirschberg, one of Germany's most courageous defenders of justice in the face of Hitler's rise to power.
Hirschberg lived an extraordinary life at a defining moment in German and European history. By the time he fled Nazi Germany in 1934, he had argued a series of cases in Munich's courtrooms that shed light on the history of political justice in pre-Nazi Germany and, by extension, the miscarriage of justice in all Western democracies.
Hirschberg was a rare figure: he fought for cases that reflected the new democracy rather than the old monarchy, that valued equality rather than hierarchy, and that showed respect for workers as well as aristocrats.
Throughout the Weimar period Hirschberg squared off in court against Munich's conservatives, reactionaries, and Nazis-twice facing Hitler himself. As he litigated politically charged disputes, he also began fighting to reverse the criminal convictions of innocent defendants and to study what mistaken verdicts teach us about the criminal justice system as a whole.
In a unique blend of biography and courtroom drama, Justice Imperiled captures the excitement of Hirschberg's actual cases and presents legal battles that still rage, in different circumstances, to this day.
Reader Reviews
The minute I saw this book reviewed in the New York Law Journal I had to have it. While I'd recommend it to anyone interested in the subject matter, it's only fair to say that you are likely to get more out of it on the first read if you are a lawyer. This book was tailor made for me, I have been interested in German law, procedure and politics during the Weimar period since I was in college (long ago). I'm not an expert, but I have read extensively, including the German codes in effect at the time, and the author's research is meticulous and accurate, including the German legal terminology. If you don't know German, don't worry, because he gives both the German term and its English translation in every instance. He also provides an appendix of abbreviations with the German and English terms. The book is much more than a biography of Hirschberg. Besides an analysis of the legal system in the pre-Hitler period and a detailed discussion of Hirschberg's major political and criminal cases, the author covers the major political events of the time, including the numerous assassinations and clashes between right and left wing groups. This doesn't read like a textbook; it puts the reader right on the scene. See Adolf Hitler in a courtroom, up close, the way he really was. I found it scary. Hirschberg himself is a fascinating figure, one of the greatest trial lawyers of the time and very astute and farsighted. Since this isn't a novel, and it was the first thing we wanted to know at the office, I'll say he got out of Germany and lived a long time after the war. Unlike other lawyers who opposed Hitler in court (e.g., Hans Litten) he had his eye on the ball. While I know something about the period and the subject matter, I found I learned a lot from this book. The author's writing is well reasoned and organized, and very frankly, I couldn't put the book down. If the author had a web site, I'd congratulate him there.
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