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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.

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This collection is filled with scathing witticisms and delightful badinage originating in the courtrooms of the English-speaking world over the past 250 years. Gilbert, a crime writer and former solicitor, has culled some choice examples of professional and unprofessional exchanges uttered by lawyers and judges about their livelihood and their peers. Gilbert's selection of anecdotes, alphabetically ordered by speaker, is followed by a quite helpful overview of the British legal hierarchy and court system (an essential aid since most of the anecdotes are British in origin, with a few Australian and American inclusions, including some notable Abraham Lincoln stories). The British orientation and narrow topic certainly render this a specialized collection, but its humor and insight are no less intriguing. Bibliography of sources; name and subject indexes. DPD. 340'.0207 Law Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. [CIP] 85-13857