Habeas codfish
Subtitle: reflections on food and the law
By: Barry M. Levenson.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Food law and legislation -- United States -- Cases.; Law -- Anecdotes.; Law -- Humor.
Genres: Cases.; Anecdotes.; Humor.
Description: "From the McDonald's hot coffee case to the cattle ranchers' beef with Oprah Winfrey, from the old English "Assize of Bread" to current nutrition labeling laws, what we eat and how we eat are shaped as much by legal regulations as by personal taste. Barry M. Levenson, the curator of the world-famous (really!) Mount Horeb Mustard Museum and a self-proclaimed "recovering lawyer," offers in Habeas Codfish an entertaining and expert overview of the frustrating, frightening, and funny intersections of food and the law."

"Discover how Mr. Peanut shaped the law of trademark infringement for the entire food industry. Consider the plight of the restaurant owner besmirched by a journalist's negative review. Find out how traditional Jewish laws of kashrut ran afoul of the First Amendment. Prison meals, butter versus margarine, definitions of organic food, undercover ABC reporters at the Food Lion, the Massachusetts Supreme Court case that saved fish chowder, even recipes - it's all in here, so tuck in!"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256).
Table of contents: title: Assault with a breadly weapon; title: Big beef supreme; title: Nutrition facts, nutrition fictions; title: Food fight; title: Java jurisprudence; title: Bones of contention; title: The legacy of Mr. Peanut; title: McBully; title: Ladle and slander; title: From bad apples to mad cows; title: It's not nice to defraud mother nature!; title: Not so strictly kosher; title: Cruel and unusual condiments; title: Just desserts; title: The final verdict.