Kafka''s Law - 'The Trial' and American Criminal Justice

Shows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it.

About the author

Robert P. Burns is professor at the Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of The Death of the American Trial.

Summary

Shows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it.

Product details

• Authors: Robert P. Burns, Burns Robert P.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9780226167473
• ISBN: 978-0-226-16747-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Criminal law: procedure and offences, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form