Uncommon Law: Being Sixty-Six Misleading Cases Revised And Collected In One Volume
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A landmark work of British legal satire, Uncommon Law: Being 66 Misleading Cases presents sixty-six brilliantly absurd fictional court cases argued before equally fictional judges, skewering the pomposity, contradictions, and arcane logic of the English legal system with razor-sharp wit. A.P. Herbert's masterwork chronicles the misadventures of the perpetually litigious Albert Haddock, whose outrageous disputes with authority — from paying taxes with a cheque written on a cow to asserting that a man cannot be drunk in a pub — expose the delightful absurdities lurking within the letter of the law. Written in the precise, deadpan style of genuine legal judgments, each case illustrates how rigid adherence to legal formalism can produce results that are simultaneously logical and utterly ridiculous. Originally published as individual pieces in Punch magazine, the collected cases remain as sharp and hilarious today as when they first appeared, offering both a comedy of manners and a surprisingly incisive critique of British institutions. Essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone who has ever suspected that the law is, at its heart, a magnificent farce.
Author: A. P. Herbert
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Bibliophile Books
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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A landmark work of British legal satire, Uncommon Law: Being 66 Misleading Cases presents sixty-six brilliantly absurd fictional court cases argued before equally fictional judges, skewering the pomposity, contradictions, and arcane logic of the English legal system with razor-sharp wit. A.P. Herbert's masterwork chronicles the misadventures of the perpetually litigious Albert Haddock, whose outrageous disputes with authority — from paying taxes with a cheque written on a cow to asserting that a man cannot be drunk in a pub — expose the delightful absurdities lurking within the letter of the law. Written in the precise, deadpan style of genuine legal judgments, each case illustrates how rigid adherence to legal formalism can produce results that are simultaneously logical and utterly ridiculous. Originally published as individual pieces in Punch magazine, the collected cases remain as sharp and hilarious today as when they first appeared, offering both a comedy of manners and a surprisingly incisive critique of British institutions. Essential reading for lawyers, law students, and anyone who has ever suspected that the law is, at its heart, a magnificent farce.