Book contents
- Legal Sabotage
- Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
- Legal Sabotage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Scene of a Jewish Lawyer, Like Fraenkel, in Nazi Germany
- 2 Fraenkel as a Social Democrat Practicing Law in Nazi Germany
- 3 Fraenkel as an Essayist Supporting the Illegal Underground
- 4 Fraenkel as a Scholar Condemning the Nazi Regime’s Dual State
- 5 Thinking about the Legal Justifications for Sabotaging a Tyrannical Regime
- Conclusion The Ernst Fraenkel Dilemma
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2020
Book contents
- Legal Sabotage
- Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
- Legal Sabotage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Scene of a Jewish Lawyer, Like Fraenkel, in Nazi Germany
- 2 Fraenkel as a Social Democrat Practicing Law in Nazi Germany
- 3 Fraenkel as an Essayist Supporting the Illegal Underground
- 4 Fraenkel as a Scholar Condemning the Nazi Regime’s Dual State
- 5 Thinking about the Legal Justifications for Sabotaging a Tyrannical Regime
- Conclusion The Ernst Fraenkel Dilemma
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
In one dramatic scene in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, the tyrant Don Pizarro suddenly appears in the dungeon cell of the imprisoned rebel Florestan. At the sight of Don Pizarro, Florestan spontaneously exclaims, “A murderer stands before me!” Exalted through Beethoven’s music, this prisoner shows reckless courage in the face of evil. Placed into a cultural context, the moment epitomizes a German version of a wider mythic ideal: the hero flouting the despot. Florestan’s bold act is a model for what stirs people’s hearts. It may come to mind in studying later episodes in German history.
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- Legal SabotageErnst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany, pp. 1 - 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020