Who isn't familiar with the fascinating events surrounding E.T.A. Hoffmann's famous Mademoiselle de Scuderi? The historical incidents portrayed in the novella were once famously recounted by Voltaire in his Age of Louis XIV. In the series Law in Art - Art in Law (Recht in der Kunst - Kunst im Recht), which is edited by the criminal law expert Professor Dr. Dr. Thomas Vormbaum from the Open University Hagen, two renowned commentators offer their perspectives on E.T.A. Hoffman's work: literary scholar, Marion BAnnighausen, andHeinz MA1/4ller-Dietz, jurist.