Where there's life, there's lawsuits : not altogether serious ruminations on law and life
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
Anecdotes
xiii, 298 pages ; 23 cm
9781550225013, 1550225014
50940554
Introduction: Who cares whodunnit?
Ch. 1. You're nicked, sunshine: law and punishment
Ch. 2. Finders, keepers: property and related stuff
Ch. 3. Everyting Mom warned you about: the private wrongs called torts
Ch. 4. Taking care of business: contracts and commerce
Ch. 5. The moron in a hurry: intellectual property isn't necessarily smart
Ch. 6. All in the family: family law
Ch. 7. Inlaws and outlaws: lawmakers, lawbreakers
Ch. 8. Some of my best friends are bald, dead white guys: human rights
Ch. 9. If you can't say something nice: libel, slander, contempt, and generally minding one's tongue