The judge who hated red nail polish : & other crazy but true stories of law & lawyers / Ilona Bray, Richard Stim and the editors of Nolo.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bray, Ilona M., 1962-
Corporate Author: Nolo (Firm)
Other Authors: Stim, Richard
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : [McLean, Va.] : Nolo ; USA Today, 2010.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
and other crazy but true stories of law and lawyers.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a A roadtrip through looney U.S. laws -- More than you ever wanted to know about lawyers -- Barbie goes to court -- How one woman survived the most rigorous law school admission process in history and still managed to feed the kids and clean the house -- Reality TV in the courtroom -- Biggest beyond-the-grave control freaks -- Five things you (probably) didn't know about Clarence Darrow -- Famous prisoner's last meals -- Five reasons why John Donne was meant to be a poet, not a lawyer -- Memorable cases of false advertising -- Typhoid Mary goes to court -- Lawyers who've won nobel prizes for literature -- A lexicon of ne'er-do-wells -- Behind-the-scenes players in the U.S. law biz -- Lawyers who've won Darwin awards -- Longest jury deliberations -- Finding M&Ms in court, in contracts, and in compromising legal situations -- The judge who hated red nail polish -- World's longest prison sentences -- Literary lawyers quiz -- Must-visit travel destinations for law buffs -- Nellie Mitchell, age 96, takes on a tabloid -- Times may, in fact, have changed : old court opinions -- Consider yourself warned! -- Top ten songs that are really, truly about lawyers -- Test your knowledge of impeachment -- Celebrities with law degrees -- Seven rules you'd think every bank robber would know. 
505 0 |a Who did you say went bankrupt? -- The lawyer who invented copying -- Haunted history : the Salem witch trials -- Would the law protect you from buying a haunted house? -- Ooh, you could've bought Madoff's Rolex! -- High fences make spiteful neighbors -- A DUI for driving a what?! -- Taking the fifth: how "Funny Girl" helped popularize the most famous one-liner in criminal law -- Do you know enough about law to pass the U.S. citizenship test? -- Toupee of not toupee? All about the British barrister's wigs -- Worst excuses ever for committing a crime -- Ten best crime-solving lawyers in mystery series -- Wanna play auditor? -- Take me out to the ball game, but don't get between me and that home run ball -- What's in a name? -- Whose sunken treasure is it? -- How copyright law found its mojo -- 'Til death, or the tabloids, do us part : messy celebrity divorces -- Man's best friend? -- Best scenes from movie courtrooms -- Take my wives, please : polygamy law FAQ -- How Robert Crumb almost lost "Keep on truckin'" -- Trials of the centuries -- "Oops" headlines about law and crimes -- How rich people avoid getting beaten up in prison -- How much can a fake lawyer earn? -- Can you name that Supreme Court case? -- Most creative jail breaks -- The United States constitution : not written in stone (sort of) -- You can have the house and kids, but not the dog! -- Five defective products that changed the law -- Biggest U.S. family legal feuds -- Off to court in a chicken costume -- When judges get fed up -- Five strange but true butt-related inventions.. 
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