Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
When we think of Friedrich Schiller's connection to the law, we usually think of the great playwright's rich treatment of criminal law and public order in his plays. Despite the fact that Schiller abandoned the study of law at an early age, thinking it too dry, Schiller's work frequently and explicitly dealt with legal issues. His main focus was crime and punishment, on the one hand, and revolution and state legitimacy, on the other. From Schiller's first play, Die Rauber to Fiesco, Don Carlos, Wallenstein, The Bride of Messina, and Wilhelm Tell, as well as many of the others, Schiller treats one or the other of these subjects, and often both together. And he treats these subjects not whimsically as side constraints, but as serious subjects that must be confronted critically.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Halberstam, Daniel. "Of Grace and Dignity in Law: A Tribute to Friedrich Schiller." In Friedrich Schiller und der Weg in die Moderne, edited by Walter Hinderer, 205-219. Stiftung für Romantikforschung 40. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann, 2006.
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