Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits
Not Altogether Serious Ruminations on Law and Life
by Jeffrey Miller
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If the police sniff at your door without a warrant, is it an illegal search? If the mortuary loses your cremated remains, can your family get compensation? Is it a crime to try to pick an empty pocket? Is Yiddish displacing Latin as the second language of our law? And exactly why is it that Robin Hood's merry men "could not have frequently been merry?" Our experiences with the law show how we cope with the most dramatic, poignant, and ridiculous moments of our lives. Judgments in lawsuits can make vivid, even inspirational literature, shining their high beam on whether we have demonstrated grace under pressure. "Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits" collects Jeffrey Miller's 20 years of research and bemusement as a legal historian and columnist for "The Lawyers Weekly", chronicling this intersection of law and the human tragicomedy.
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Law, Humor, Anecdotes, Humor (Nonfiction), Nonfiction, Law, history, HistoryPlaces
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Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious Ruminations on Law and Life
April 1, 2003, Ecw Press
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in English
1550225014 9781550225013
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This entertaining look at the tragicomic side of law combines case histories of unusual lawsuits with revealing essays to explore the quirky, funny, and often bizarre side of the law that the public rarely hears about. Property law, intellectual property, defamation, and criminal law are chronicled to study the intersection of law and the human condition, covering a wide range of legal history. Revealed are why Robin Hood’s merry men “couldn’t have been very merry,” and whether a family can get compensation for “lost property” if someone misplaces cremated remains.
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