In this study from 1864, Karl Braun (1822-1893) reviews the development of the Swiss legislation on free movement as a paradigm for liberalizing inter-state and intra-state migration in the German Confederation.

In this new and annotated edition of a book from 1899, Julius Stettenheim (1831-1916) provides an humorous take on events in his time, e.g. the First Hague Peace Conference or the Lippe-Detmold inheritance dispute. The book includes an introduction on the author and background, and is richly annotated with explanations for uncommon and obsolete words as well as information on persons, events, and general background.

In this early work of his from 1862, Eugen Richter analyzes regulations for inns and taverns in Prussia. He proposes several reforms how to liberalize the trade in accordance with the rule of law instead of arbitrary bureaucratic rulings.

In 1863, Karl Braun, a member of the Congress of German Economists (Kongress Deutscher Volkswirte) and later a leading politician of the National Liberal Party, published this study on free movement. He discusses the history of free movement in Germany (or the lack thereof) and the detrimental effects of closed borders. Then he goes on to address common objections to free movement and proposes a road for its introduction to the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The book contains an introduction by Hansjoerg Walther both on the author and the political background. In an appendix, two...

In 1863, Wilhelm Lette (1799-1868), a liberal politician, philanthropist, and member of the Congress of German Economists (Kongress Deutscher Volkswirte), spoke out for freedom of movement as a fundamental right and stressed its importance for the working classes. This was at a time when the states of the German Confederation pursued a policy of closed borders (even for Germans from other states), and migration within most states was also severely restricted. The book contains an introduction by Hansjoerg Walther both on the author and the political background. In an appendix, the reader can...

In 1910, the German satirist, writer and critic Alexander Moszkowski (1851-1934) wrote an extended essay on how he thought the arts would develop over a long time frame, which would later be reprinted also as part of "Enthronte Gottheiten" (Dethroned Gods). This is a completely new edition of the 1910 book with an introduction by Hansjoerg Walther. It is richly annotated with information on persons, background, as well as explanations for obsolete words and expressions. For further background, several texts by Alexander Moszkowski are supplied in an appendix. All material is in German.

This is a new and annotated edition ("Kommentierte Ausgabe") with the following features: * A comprehensive introduction on the author and historical background * Extensive notes explaining unusual and obsolete words as well as supplying information on persons, events, and the general background. * An appendix with a selection of additional material. "Die Psychologie des Mordes" (The Psychology of Murder") was originally published in 1875. Here Franz von Holtzendorff (1829-1889), one of the leading legal scholars of his time and an outspoken opponent of the death penalty, studies the...