{"product_id":"justice-imperiled-douglas-g-morris-9780472114764","title":"Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in Weimar Germany","description":"\"This book reads like a legal thriller; it will leave you thinking about the nature of justice and inspired by the human spirit.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Sister Helen Prejean \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustice Imperiled\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the brilliant lawyer Max Hirschberg, one of Germany's most courageous defenders of justice in the face of Hitler's rise to power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHirschberg lived an extraordinary life at a defining moment in German and European history. By the time he fled Nazi Germany in 1934, he had argued a series of cases in Munich's courtrooms that shed light on the history of political justice in pre-Nazi Germany and, by extension, the miscarriage of justice in all Western democracies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHirschberg was a rare figure: he fought for cases that reflected the new democracy rather than the old monarchy, that valued equality rather than hierarchy, and that showed respect for workers as well as aristocrats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout the Weimar period Hirschberg squared off in court against Munich's conservatives, reactionaries, and Nazis-twice facing Hitler himself. As he litigated politically charged disputes, he also began fighting to reverse the criminal convictions of innocent defendants and to study what mistaken verdicts teach us about the criminal justice system as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a unique blend of biography and courtroom drama, \u003ci\u003eJustice Imperiled\u003c\/i\u003e captures the excitement of Hirschberg's actual cases and presents legal battles that still rage, in different circumstances, to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas G. Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047211476X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472114764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.62w x 1.31d","brand":"Douglas G. Morris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919900049663,"sku":"9780472114764","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0c638643-5366-4a60-8e7c-3a740ff26086.jpg?v=1680812529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/justice-imperiled-douglas-g-morris-9780472114764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}