The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes by Michael Gilbert

The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes by Michael Gilbert

A former lawyer and celebrated crime writer has compiled this vastly entertaining collection of anecdotes, drawing from the reminiscences of lawyers and criminals, witnesses and clerks. The law has a great hold over the imagination of the public: it is all-powerful, yet its servants can be fallible, and it is the foibles as well as the authority of judges and other legal practitioners that make this collection so enjoyable. Edward Carson cross-examining Oscar Wilde, Clarence Darrow defending J.T. Scopes for teaching the theory of evolution: these are perhaps the best known of many celebrated legal battles retold in these pages. Of a less dramatic nature is the story of the letter received by Judge Benjamin Cardozo: "I read in the newspapers that you are a liberal judge. Will you send me ten dollars as I'm really very hard up." The entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of their principal subject; headnotes set the context and describe the subject's occupation (i.e. "judge," "attorney general"). A useful note explains the differences between the British, European, and American legal systems.

Gilbert, Michael: - Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) was a founding member of the Crime Writers' Association. He wrote thrillers, police procedurals and espionage novels that rank among the highest and most varied achievements of British crime writing in the second half of the twentieth century.

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ISBN 13	9780192141125
ISBN 10	0192141120
Title	The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes
Author	Michael Gilbert
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1986-04-01
Number of pages	352
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