Scherz und Witz in der Jurisprudenz.

'Joke and Wit in Jurisprudence': This unique scientific investigation brings to light amazing things in terms of German legal humor. The legal situation-comedy revolves around the most curious lawsuits. The chapter on legal comedy reveals: While the legislature rarely allows itself a joke, many professional publications are meaty satire between jest and seriousness. Jurisprudence reaches the peak of cheekiness with judgments in the form of fairy tales, riddles, poems, cooking recipes, whodunits, tantrums and sheer nonsense.

Prof. Dr. Till Zimmermann holds a chair for German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Trier and is managing director of the Trier Institute for Corruption- and Money Laundering-Criminal Law (TrIGeKo). He is also active as an expert witness for internationally active organizations and as a criminal defense attorney, as well as co-host of the award-winning podcast "Das Letzte Wort - Strafrechts-Unterhaltung".