Events

Once upon a law, there were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who cared deeply about what was right and what was wrong. Following their father’s example, the brothers studied law under the renowned jurist, Professor Friedrich Carl von Savigny. The Grimm Brothers began collecting folk stories while they were still in law school. These tales were originally intended for other scholars. The brothers searched for social rules as depicted through the fantastical scenarios of fairy tales and yes, law was omnipresent in popular culture… fairy tales were no exception. So how was the legal culture of the time reflected in the fairy tales the Brothers Grimm published?