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Kafka S Law
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Author : Robert P. Burns
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-09-02
Kafka S Law written by Robert P. Burns and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-02 with Law categories.
Franz Kafka s vision of the Law in "The Trial "is so strange, arbitrary, and unjust that it would seem to be the antithesis of our own. Yet, that is what makes Robert Burns latest book so compelling. Robert Burns brilliantly shows that Kakfa s masterpiece provides an uncanny lens through which to see and understand the American criminal justice system today. It provokes a shock of recognition that makes us see it in a very different light. Assuming no prior knowledge of Kafka s book, Burns tells the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K., caught in the Law s grip and then crushed by it. Laying out the characteristics of Kafka s Law, Burns argues that the American criminal justice system has taken on too many of those same qualities. In the overwhelming majority of cases, our system is composed of police interrogation followed by plea bargaining, where the courts only function is but to set a sentence on an individual already determined to be guilty. Like Kafka s nightmarish vision, too much of our criminal law and procedure has become unknowable, ubiquitous, and bureaucratic. It too has come to rely on deception in dealing with suspects and jurors, to limit the role of defense counsel, and to increasingly dispense justice without the protections of formal procedures. Burns compellingly explains how and why we have become an increasingly punitive society. Finally, he takes up the question of whether we have the resources to change these Kafkaesque aspects of our criminal justice system and shows how the jury trial has that potential, but only if it is returned to a more central place in our system."
The Trial
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date : 1995-03-28
The Trial written by Franz Kafka and has been published by Schocken this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-28 with Fiction categories.
From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.
The Trial
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Author : Kafka Franz
language : en
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-08
The Trial written by Kafka Franz and has been published by Xist Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-08 with Fiction categories.
On his 30th birthday, Josef is arrested K. He is not told of the nature of his crime or the authority on which he is arrested. K. is not detained but when he tries to appear in court, even more strange things begin to happen. The Trial is one of Franz Kafka's most well-known and wonderfully strange works. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This ebook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
Franz Kafka S Use Of Law In Fiction A New Interpretation Of In Der Strafkolonie Der Prozess And Das Schloss New York Berne Frankfurt M P Lang 1986 212 S 8
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Author : Lida Kirchberger
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 1986
Franz Kafka S Use Of Law In Fiction A New Interpretation Of In Der Strafkolonie Der Prozess And Das Schloss New York Berne Frankfurt M P Lang 1986 212 S 8 written by Lida Kirchberger and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Literary Criticism categories.
Franz Kafka was a fully qualified Austrian lawyer, having earned, in 1906, a doctoral degree in Law at the German University of Prague. His field was the Civil Law as distinct from the Common Law of the United Kingdom and the United States. The study shows how Kafka used the Civil Law as a framework of reference for the fictitious legal systems he invented to suit the form of society depicted in each of the writings under discussion.
The Trial
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-05-17
The Trial written by Franz Kafka and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-17 with Fiction categories.
The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka. One of Kafka's best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor the reader. Kafka's descriptions of law and legality are often treated as metaphors for things other than law, but also are worthy of examination as a particular concept of law and legality which operates paradoxically as an integral part of the human condition under modernity. Josef K. and his inexplicable experience of the law in The Trial were, for example, born out of an actual legal case in which Kafka was involved. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, The Trial has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers.
Kafka S Indictment Of Modern Law
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Author : Douglas E. Litowitz
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2017-08-11
Kafka S Indictment Of Modern Law written by Douglas E. Litowitz and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-11 with Law categories.
The legal system is often denounced as "Kafkaesque"—but what does this really mean? This is the question Douglas E. Litowitz tackles in his critical reading of Franz Kafka's writings about the law. Going far beyond Kafka's most familiar works—such as The Trial—Litowitz assembles a broad array of works that he refers to as "Kafka's legal fiction"—consisting of published and unpublished works that deal squarely with the law, as well as those that touch upon it indirectly, as in political, administrative, and quasi-judicial procedures. Cataloguing, explaining, and critiquing this body of work, Litowitz brings to bear all those aspects of Kafka's life that were connected to law—his legal education, his career as a lawyer, his drawings, and his personal interactions with the legal system. A close study of Kafka's legal writings reveals that Kafka held a consistent position about modern legal systems, characterized by a crippling nihilism. Modern legal systems, in Kafka's view, consistently fail to make good on their stated pretensions—in fact often accomplish the opposite of what they promise. This indictment, as Litowitz demonstrates, is not confined to the legal system of Kafka's day, but applies just as surely to our own. A short, clear, comprehensive introduction to Kafka's legal writings and thought, Kafka's Indictment of Modern Law is not uncritical. Even as he clarifies Kafka's experience of and ideas about the law, Litowitz offers an informed perspective on the limitations of these views. His book affords rare insight into a key aspect of Kafka's work, and into the connection between the writing, the writer, and the legal world.
The Trial
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
The Trial written by Franz Kafka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with German fiction categories.
The Trial
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
The Trial written by Franz Kafka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Austrian literature categories.
Before The Law
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-29
Before The Law written by Franz Kafka and has been published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-29 with Fiction categories.
"Before the Law" is a thought-provoking parable that explores the complexities of bureaucracy, power, and the inherent limitations of human existence. The story follows a man who seeks access to the Law but finds himself constantly hindered by a gatekeeper. As the man spends his entire life waiting for permission to enter, he grapples with feelings of frustration, fear, and existential uncertainty. Kafka's allegorical tale raises profound questions about the nature of authority, the elusive nature of truth, and the individual's struggle against oppressive systems. Through its rich symbolism and enigmatic narrative, "Before the Law" invites readers to contemplate the human condition, the relentless pursuit of knowledge, and the eternal quest for meaning in a world governed by elusive and inscrutable forces.
The Trial
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Author : Franz Kafka
language : en
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
Release Date : 2011-04-15
The Trial written by Franz Kafka and has been published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Trial (German: Der Process) is a novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Josef K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons never revealed, is arrested and prosecuted for an unspecified crime. According to Kafka's friend Max Brod, the author never finished the novel and wrote in his will that it was to be destroyed. After his death, Brod went against Kafka's wishes and edited The Trial into what he felt was a coherent novel and had it published in 1925. Franz Kafka was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. A middle-class Jew based in Prague, his unique body of writing - many incomplete and most published posthumously - has become amongst the most influential in Western literature.