The judge who hated red nail polish : & other crazy but true stories of law & lawyers / Ilona Bray, Richard Stim and the editors of Nolo.
2010
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The judge who hated red nail polish : & other crazy but true stories of law & lawyers / Ilona Bray, Richard Stim and the editors of Nolo.
Published
Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo ; [McLean, Va.] : USA Today, 2010.
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K184 .B73 2010
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781413311914 (pbk.)
1413311911 (pbk.)
1413311911 (pbk.)
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249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)463454630
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
A Roadtrip Through Loony U.S. Laws
1
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Lawyers
4
Barbie Goes to Court
8
How One Woman Survived the Most Rigorous Law School Admission Process in History and Still Managed to Feed the Kids and Clean the House
11
Reality TV in the Courtroom
15
Biggest Beyond-the-Grave Control Freaks
19
Five Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Clarence Darrow
23
Famous Prisoners' Last Meals
27
Five Reasons Why John Donne Was Meant to Be a Poet, Not a Lawyer
31
Memorable Cases of False Advertising
35
Typhoid Mary Goes to Court
38
Lawyers Who've Won Nobel Prizes for Literature
41
A Lexicon of Ne'er-Do-Wells
46
Behind-the-Scenes Players in the U.S. Law Biz
51
Lawyers Who've Won Darwin Awards
54
Longest Jury Deliberations
56
Finding M&Ms in Court, in Contracts, and in Compromising Legal Situations
64
The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish
65
World's Longest Prison Sentences
69
Literary Lawyers Quiz
72
Must-Visit Travel Destinations for Law Buffs
77
Nellie Mitchell, Age 96, Takes on a Tabloid
81
Times May, in Fact, Have Changed: Old Court Opinions
84
Consider Yourself Warned'
89
Top Ten Songs That Are Really, Truly About Lawyers
92
Test Your Knowledge of Impeachment
97
Celebrities With Law Degrees
101
Seven Rules You'd Think Every Bank Robber Would Know
104
Who Did You Say Went Bankrupt?
108
The Lawyer Who Invented Copying
112
Haunted History: The Salem Witch Trials
116
Would the Law Protect You From Buying a Haunted House?
119
Ooh, You Could've Bought Madoff's Rolex!
123
High Fences Make Spiteful Neighbors
126
A DUI for Driving a What?!
130
Taking the Fifth: How "Funny Girl" Helped Popularize the Most Famous One-Liner in Criminal Law
134
Do You Know Enough About Law to Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?
138
Toupee or Not Toupee? All About British Barristers' Wigs
142
Worst Excuses Ever for Committing a Crime
146
Ten Best Crime-Solving Lawyers in Mystery Series
150
Wanna Play Auditor?
157
Take Me Out to the Ball Game[—]But Don't Get Between Me and That Home Run Ball
161
What's in a Name?
165
Whose Sunken Treasure Is It?
169
How Copyright Law Found Its Mojo
173
Death[—]Or the Tabloids[—]Do Us Part: Messy Celebrity Divorces
176
Man's Best Friend?
180
Best Scenes From Movie Courtrooms
183
Take My Wives, Please: Polygamy Law FAQ
188
How Robert Crumb Almost Lost "Keep on Truckie
192
Trials of the Centuries
196
"Oops" Headlines About Law and Crimes
203
How Rich People Avoid Getting Beaten Up in Prison
205
How Much Can a Fake Lawyer Earn?
209
Can You Name That Supreme Court Case?
212
Most Creative Jail Breaks
216
The United States Constitution[—]Not Written in Stone (Sort Of)
219
You Can Have the House and Kids, But Not the Dog
224
Five Defective Products That Changed the Law
228
Biggest U.S. Family Legal Feuds
235
Off to Court in a Chicken Costume
241
Five Strange But True Butt-Related Inventions
247