In 1817 Feuerbach was made second president of the court of appeal at Bamberg, and in 1821 ho was nominated first president of appeal at Anspach ; to those functions his sphere of action was latterly entirely confined, with the exception of opinions given in important civil and criminal cases. One of those was the notorious affair of Kasper Hauser, which produced so much sensation all through Europe. With his wonted and acknowledged perspicuity he has investigated this revolting case, and has recorded the results of his inquiry in his last work, 'Kasper Hauser, an instance of a psycho logical crime.' The two following passages of that book seem to implicate a reigning family of the south of Germany. Those passages are :-1. "There are spheres of human society which are inaccessible to the arm of justice." 2. Those spheres are defined as "golden castles, the entrance of which is guarded by giants who do not allow a ray of light to penetrate." A rumour obtained circulation that his sudden death at Frankfurt, in May 1833, was not unconnected with that mysterious affair, the veil of which appears to have been lifted by him. His connection with the Bavarian government became in latter years very disagreeable in consequence of his decided opposition to its illiberal policy.
Fenerbach was a man of polite acquirements as well as of pro fessional eminence. The elegant diction of his productions has
powerfully contributed to improve the style of recent German writers on law. In this respect his Exposition of remarkable Criminal Case; founded upon documents,' merits particular mention. Pre viously to Feuerbach's time all similar essay? were heavy and unin teresting, in consequence of all the documents being accumulated in their original uncouth form, without order or regard to the really iaterestieg features of the case, namely, the development of psycho logical considerations. It was he who first united to professional soundness of exposition'elegant and convincing diction. This work, which is written with true poetical talent, is a remarkable specimen of investigation into the human heart, rendered still more striking by the most delicate and humane estimation of actions; it may be con sidered at once a model of exhaustive inquiry and a book of morale. In bold and vivid language he has promulgated the doctrine that it is imposeible perfectly to harmonise the inflexible universality of law with individual culpability, and that it therefore is an unavoidable necessity, in particular case; to modifly and soften the sentence of the law by the prerogative of the sovereign.