The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish: & Other Crazy But True Stories of Law & Lawyers

by Bray, Ilona M.

• ISBN13: 9781413311914
• ISBN10: 1413311911
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-09
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

If you're looking for tales of loopy legal tomfoolery, courtroom comedy, kooky laws, and even loonier lawyers...then look no further. This is the book that provides answers to fascinating questions like:

Author Biography

Ilona Bray is a "recovering attorney who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Richard Stim lives multiple lives as an attorney, writer, and musician.

Table of Contents

A Roadtrip Through Loony U.S. Laws	p. 1
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Lawyers	p. 4
Barbie Goes to Court	p. 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	p. 11
Reality TV in the Courtroom	p. 15
Biggest Beyond-the-Grave Control Freaks	p. 19
Five Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Clarence Darrow	p. 23
Famous Prisoners' Last Meals	p. 27
Five Reasons Why John Donne Was Meant to Be a Poet, Not a Lawyer	p. 31
Memorable Cases of False Advertising	p. 35
Typhoid Mary Goes to Court	p. 38
Lawyers Who've Won Nobel Prizes for Literature	p. 41
A Lexicon of Ne'er-Do-Wells	p. 46
Behind-the-Scenes Players in the U.S. Law Biz	p. 51
Lawyers Who've Won Darwin Awards	p. 54
Longest Jury Deliberations	p. 56
Finding M&Ms in Court, in Contracts, and in Compromising Legal Situations	p. 61
The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish	p. 65
World's Longest Prison Sentences	p. 69
Literary Lawyers Quiz	p. 72
Must-Visit Travel Destinations for Law Buffs	p. 77
Nellie Mitchell, Age 96, Takes on a Tabloid	p. 81
Times May, in Fact, Have Changed: Old Court Opinions	p. 84
Consider Yourself Warned!	p. 89
Top Ten Songs That Are Really, Truly About Lawyers	p. 92
Test Your Knowledge of Impeachment	p. 97
Celebrities With Law Degrees	p. 101
Seven Rules You'd Think Every Bank Robber Would Know	p. 104
Who Did You Say Went Bankrupt?	p. 108
The Lawyer Who Invented Copying	p. 112
Haunted History: The Salem Witch Trials	p. 116
Would the Law Protect You From Buying a Haunted House?	p. 119
Ooh, You Could've Bought Madoff's Rolex!	p. 123
High Fences Make Spiteful Neighbors	p. 126
A DUI for Driving a What?!	p. 130
Taking the Fifth: How "Funny Girl" Helped Popularize the Most Famous One-Liner in Criminal Law	p. 134
Do You Know Enough About Law to Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?	p. 138
Toupee or Not Toupee? All About British Barristers' Wigs	p. 142
Worst Excuses Ever for Committing a Crime	p. 146
Ten Best Crime-Solving Lawyers in Mystery Series	p. 150
Wanna Play Auditor?	p. 157
Take Me Out to the Ball Game-But Don't Get Between Me and That Home Run Ball	p. 161
What's in a Name?	p. 165
Whose Sunken Treasure Is It?	p. 169
How Copyright Law Found Its Mojo	p. 173
'Til Death-Or the Tabloids-Do Us Part: Messy Celebrity Divorces	p. 176
Man's Best Friend?	p. 180
Best Scenes From Movie Courtrooms	p. 183
Take My Wives, Please: Polygamy Law FAQ	p. 188
How Robert Crumb Almost Lost "Keep on Truckin"'	p. 192
Trials of the Centuries	p. 196
"Oops" Headlines About Law and Crimes	p. 203
How Rich People Avoid Getting Beaten Up in Prison	p. 205
How Much Can a Fake Lawyer Earn?	p. 209
Can You Name That Supreme Court Case?	p. 212
Most Creative Jail Breaks	p. 216
The United States Constitution-Not Written in Stone (Sort Of)	p. 219
You Can Have the House and Kids, But Not the Dog!	p. 224
Five Defective Products That Changed the Law	p. 228
Biggest U.S. Family Legal Feuds	p. 235
Off to Court in a Chicken Costume	p. 241
When Judges Get Fed Up	p. 244
Five Strange But True Butt-Related Inventions	p. 247
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