The judge who hated red nail polish
Subtitle: & other crazy but true stories of law & lawyers
By: Ilona Bray, Richard Stim and the editors of Nolo
Contributors: Stim, Richard; Nolo (Firm)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781413311914
Other titles: and other crazy but true stories of law and lawyers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A roadtrip through looney U.S. laws; title: More than you ever wanted to know about lawyers; title: Barbie goes to court; title: How one woman survived the most rigorous law school admission process in history and still managed to feed the kids and clean the house; title: Reality TV in the courtroom; title: Biggest beyond-the-grave control freaks; title: Five things you (probably) didn't know about Clarence Darrow; title: Famous prisoner's last meals; title: Five reasons why John Donne was meant to be a poet, not a lawyer; title: Memorable cases of false advertising; title: Typhoid Mary goes to court; title: Lawyers who've won nobel prizes for literature; title: A lexicon of ne'er-do-wells; title: Behind-the-scenes players in the U.S. law biz; title: Lawyers who've won Darwin awards; title: Longest jury deliberations; title: Finding M&Ms in court, in contracts, and in compromising legal situations; title: The judge who hated red nail polish; title: World's longest prison sentences; title: Literary lawyers quiz; title: Must-visit travel destinations for law buffs; title: Nellie Mitchell, age 96, takes on a tabloid; title: Times may, in fact, have changed : old court opinions; title: Consider yourself warned!; title: Top ten songs that are really, truly about lawyers; title: Test your knowledge of impeachment; title: Celebrities with law degrees; title: Seven rules you'd think every bank robber would know.; title: Who did you say went bankrupt?; title: The lawyer who invented copying; title: Haunted history : the Salem witch trials; title: Would the law protect you from buying a haunted house?; title: Ooh, you could've bought Madoff's Rolex!; title: High fences make spiteful neighbors; title: A DUI for driving a what?!; title: Taking the fifth: how "Funny Girl" helped popularize the most famous one-liner in criminal law; title: Do you know enough about law to pass the U.S. citizenship test?; title: Toupee of not toupee? All about the British barrister's wigs; title: Worst excuses ever for committing a crime; title: Ten best crime-solving lawyers in mystery series; title: Wanna play auditor?; title: Take me out to the ball game, but don't get between me and that home run ball; title: What's in a name?; title: Whose sunken treasure is it?; title: How copyright law found its mojo; title: 'Til death, or the tabloids, do us part : messy celebrity divorces; title: Man's best friend?; title: Best scenes from movie courtrooms; title: Take my wives, please : polygamy law FAQ; title: How Robert Crumb almost lost "Keep on truckin'"; title: Trials of the centuries; title: "Oops" headlines about law and crimes; title: How rich people avoid getting beaten up in prison; title: How much can a fake lawyer earn?; title: Can you name that Supreme Court case?; title: Most creative jail breaks; title: The United States constitution : not written in stone (sort of); title: You can have the house and kids, but not the dog!; title: Five defective products that changed the law; title: Biggest U.S. family legal feuds; title: Off to court in a chicken costume; title: When judges get fed up; title: Five strange but true butt-related inventions..