Before the Law
is a parable contained in the novel The Trial , by Franz Kafka. Before the Law was published in Kafka's lifetime, first in the 1915 New Year's edition of the independent Jewish weekly Selbstwehr, then in 1919 as part of the collection Ein Landarzt . The Trial, however, was not published until 1925, after Kafka's death.
Before the Law
is a parable contained in the novel The Trial , by Franz Kafka. Before the Law was published in Kafka's lifetime, first in the 1915 New Year's edition of the independent Jewish weekly Selbstwehr, then in 1919 as part of the collection Ein Landarzt . The Trial, however, was not published until 1925, after Kafka's death.