Uncommon law

being sixty-six misleading cases revised and collected in one volume, including ten cases not published before.

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A. P. (Alan Patrick) Herbert: Uncommon law (1952, Methuen)

494 pages

English language

Published Jan. 9, 1952 by Methuen.

OCLC Number:
1445971

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A beautiful humorous book about law and sometimes the absurdity thereof. AP Herbert designs ridiculous cases such as is there a thing such as a reasonable woman (the reasonable man test for negligence) and is this country really free (fun is not described in law and as such the law takes a dim view of it) and then follows this case through an ostensible normal law report or court minutes to a hilarious conclusion. If you have some knowledge of the law and a sense of humor it is 5/5, if not it will be a 0/5.

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  • Law -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.

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