Trials & tribulations : uncommon tales of the common law / James Wilson.
2015
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Title
Trials & tribulations : uncommon tales of the common law / James Wilson.
Published
[London] : Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2015.
Call Number
KD626 .W55 2015
ISBN
9780854901715 (hbk.)
085490171X (hbk.)
085490171X (hbk.)
Description
xiii, 225 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)922688528
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Trials and tribulations
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
Preface
xi
pt. I
Victoriana
1
1.
Royal Flush
4
2.
Quixotic Artist
8
3.
Mrs Carlill and the Quack
12
4.
J'accuse
16
pt. II
Crime and Punishment
19
5.
Telephone Murder
21
6.
Death in the Afternoon
25
7.
Mistaken Identity
28
8.
Hands Up!
33
9.
Righting Past Wrongs
36
pt. III
Free Speech
39
10.
Getting out of Pupils' Hair
41
11.
Bad Law and the Crown Prosecution Service
46
12.
Free Speech and the Internet
50
13.
As Not Seen on Television
53
14.
Free Speech and the Law Society
56
pt. IV
Law and War
60
15.
Traitors Imagined
63
16.
Traitors Real
67
17.
Respecting the Dead
79
18.
Flying Nuisance
73
19.
Challenger Claims
76
pt. V
Religion and the Law
82
20.
Blasphemy!
84
21.
Holy Orders and High Office
89
22.
1066 and All That
92
23.
Religion and Foster Parents
97
24.
Protecting the Vulnerable
101
25.
Religion and Divorce: The Times goes to the Naughty Step
104
pt. VI
Employment
108
26.
Employment and Religion
110
27.
On the Buses: Employment and Politics
115
28.
Employment and Facebook
119
29.
Harassment and His Holiness
122
pt. VII
Civil Law
125
30.
Snails and Ginger Beer
128
31.
Look Before You Leap
131
32.
Last Englishman Wins a First in Court
134
33.
Behind the Candelabra, in Front of the Bench
139
34.
Ugly Affair
142
35.
`To sparkle things up a bit'
145
36.
Snake Oil
148
37.
War Horse
152
38.
Greyer Shade of Grey
156
39.
`Plagiarise ... Let No One Else's Work Shade Your Eyes'
160
pt. VIII
Public Law
166
40.
`... an orchestrated litany of lies'
168
41.
Shaming a Banana Republic
173
pt. IX
Sport and the Law
177
42.
No Room at the Inn
179
43.
Bribes and Dives
183
44.
Umpire's Lot
186
pt. X
Medico-legal Cases
189
45.
Right to Die
191
46.
Right to Live
196
47.
Right to Know
199
pt. XI
Writs, Wigs, Wits and Wags: Characters of the Courtroom
204
48.
Tugboats and Pettyfoggery
205
49.
Warding off Injustice
208
50.
Bad Judges
213
pt. XII
Final Word
217
Index
218