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Ferdinand von Schirach
The German best selling author and lawyer discusses ideas about guilt and retribution.
His latest novel The Collini Case has forced a re-examination of the way German law was applied in the post war period. The story centres on the courtroom drama following the murder of an industrialist who was a Nazi officer in Italy. He is also the author of short story collections called Guilt and Crime.
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