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Alternative title:

„Twelve judges each in sable armour clad, the visages of all inlocked by masks…”? Facts and myths about vehmic courts

Subject and Keywords:

vehmic courts   German law history   penal law   lynch

Abstract:

The paper shall discuss a topic little-known in Polish historical research: the history and organisation of the vehmic courts Vehmgerichte in the late medieval Holy Roman Empire. The author begins with the highlighting of linguistic and terminological problems, linked to the multiple legends and myths which have grown around those courts through the centuries. Depicting the history, role and wide popularity of Westphalian vehmic courts enables one to connect them with the present times, addressing not only the issue of political murders in the Weimar Republic, but also potential inspiration for the contemporary legislators.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Contributor:

Jakubowski, Sebastian. Red.   Kostecka-Jurczyk, Daria. Red.

Date issued:

2019

Date copyrighted:

2019

Identifier:

ISSN 1733-5779   ISSN 0239-6661

DOI:

10.19195/1733-5779.28.13

Source:

PAd 102060 II

Language:

eng   pol

Relation:

Studenckie Prace Prawnicze, Administratywistyczne i Ekonomiczne, ISSN 1733-5779. Nr 28 (2019), s. 185-195

Is version of:

Czasopisma Naukowe w Sieci (CNS)

Rights holder:

Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.

Autor opisu:

WR U/PAdbg