Death in the Tiergarten Murder and Criminal Justice in the Kaiser's Berlin |
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| Author:
| Hett, Benjamin Carter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01317-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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From Alexanderplatz, the bustling Berlin square, to Moabit, site of the city's most feared prison, this book illuminates the culture of criminal justice in late imperial Germany. Hett explores the individuals who inhabited this world and examines how the law reflected the broader urban culture and politics of a rapidly changing city.
From Alexanderplatz, the bustling Berlin square, to Moabit, site of the city's most feared prison, this book illuminates the culture of criminal justice in late imperial Germany. Hett explores the individuals who inhabited this world and examines how the law reflected the broader urban culture and politics of a rapidly changing city.