The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes

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,...

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Other Authors: Gilbert, Michael Francis 1912- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 1986
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Includes indexes
Physical Description:xvi, 333 pages 23 cm
ISBN:0192141120