LEADER 05181nam 22006854a 450 001 9910455148503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03861-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038615 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805504 035 $a(OCoLC)449946290 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10328806 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135567 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135567 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058183 035 $a(PQKB)10555602 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328806 035 $a(OCoLC)923112463 035 $a(DE-B1597)589948 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038615 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805504 100 $a20031219d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath in the Tiergarten$b[electronic resource] $emurder and criminal justice in the Kaiser's Berlin /$fBenjamin Carter Hett 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01317-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 In Moabit -- $t2 The Berlin of Surrogates -- $t3 Honorable Men -- $t4 Justice Is Blind -- $t5 ?Were People More Pitiless Fifteen Years Ago?? -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix: Regimes and Rulers -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tArchival and Primary Sources -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom Alexanderplatz, the bustling Berlin square ringed by bleak slums, to Moabit, site of the city's most feared prison, Death in the Tiergarten illuminates the culture of criminal justice in late imperial Germany. In vivid prose, Benjamin Hett examines daily movement through the Berlin criminal courts and the lawyers, judges, jurors, thieves, pimps, and murderers who inhabited this world. Drawing on previously untapped sources, including court records, pamphlet literature, and pulp novels, Hett examines how the law reflected the broader urban culture and politics of a rapidly changing city. In this book, German criminal law looks very different from conventional narratives of a rigid, static system with authoritarian continuities traceable from Bismarck to Hitler. From the murder trial of Anna and Hermann Heinze in 1891 to the surprising treatment of the notorious Captain of Koepenick in 1906, Hett illuminates a transformation in the criminal justice system that unleashed a culture war fought over issues of permissiveness versus discipline, the boundaries of public discussion of crime and sexuality, and the role of gender in the courts. Trained in both the law and history, Hett offers a uniquely valuable perspective on the dynamic intersections of law and society, and presents an impressive new view of early twentieth-century German history. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In Moabit 2. The Berlin of Surrogates 3. Honorable Men 4. Justice Is Blind 5. "Were People More Pitiless Fifteen Years Ago?" Epilogue Appendix: Regimes and Rulers Abbreviations Notes Archival and Primary Sources Index Death in the Tiergarten is an impressive book. Written in a light and entertaining style, with elegance and wit, it is a rich source of thought-provoking insights. Hett offers his own distinct spin on some of the common themes of Berlin literature--crime, sex, sensation, mass media, and the dramatic character of life in the modern metropolis. This unusually successful and effective work of scholarship has the potential to reach a broad audience.--Jonathan Sperber, University of Missouri at ColumbiaAn extremely rich and well-argued analysis of the culture of the criminal courtroom in Wilhelmine Germany. Using stories about love, lust, betrayal, and honor--crime stories and city stories--Benjamin Hett pries open Berlin's public life in brilliant, unexpected ways.--Peter Fritzsche, author of Reading Berlin 1900 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCriminal courts$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCriminal courts$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTrials (Murder)$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTrials (Murder)$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory 615 0$aCriminal courts$xHistory 615 0$aCriminal courts$xHistory 615 0$aTrials (Murder)$xHistory 615 0$aTrials (Murder)$xHistory 676 $a345.43/15501 700 $aHett$b Benjamin Carter$0769904 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455148503321 996 $aDeath in the Tiergarten$92179038 997 $aUNINA