“Das Recht ist kein Kreißsaal für die Gerechtigkeit”: Law, justice, and legal violence in the literature and politics of Juli Zeh

It is rare that a discussion of Juli Zeh's literary oeuvre does not also reference her legal work. Literature, law, and a critical stance toward many developments in German contemporary politics are three strands that have wound their way through her fiction and non-fiction work. This paper exp...

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Published in:The German quarterly 2023-09, Vol.96 (4), p.540-545
Main Author: Giblett, Kylie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
Court hearings & proceedings
Dictators
Feedback (Response)
Fiction
German literature
Judges
Jurisprudence
Justice
Law
Legal Problems
Literary criticism
Novels
Pandemics
Philosophy
Politics
Sophocles (496?-406 BC)
Terrorism
Violence
Zeh, Juli
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Summary:It is rare that a discussion of Juli Zeh's literary oeuvre does not also reference her legal work. Literature, law, and a critical stance toward many developments in German contemporary politics are three strands that have wound their way through her fiction and non-fiction work. This paper explores the development of two major legal themes in two of Zeh's most overtly legal novels, Corpus Delicti and Spieltrieb (2004), with a view to illuminating the way in which Zeh's fictional treatment of matters of legal philosophy sheds light on the jurisprudential factors underlying her political position on Germany's response to real-world crises such as terrorism and the pandemic.
ISSN:0016-8831
1756-1183
DOI:10.1111/gequ.12400