The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish: And Other Crazy but True Stories of Law and Lawyers
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Bankrupt celebs, Typhoid Mary's court battles, lawsuits by sports fans, and much moreWith just over 1.1 million practicing lawyers in the U.S. today, this small portion of the population has produced no shortage of entertainment for the rest of us. Or is it just that Americans sue each other over the darndest things? The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish & Other Crazy but True Stories of Law & Lawyers compiles fun legal facts, case histories, human interest tales and much more from among the often-hidden annals of legal history. Find out about: how courts treat the sales of haunted houses which gangster started the tradition of "taking the Fifth" what judges in centuries past had to say about morality whether you can legally keep treasure found in a sunken ship the history of and customs surrounding British barristers' wigs lawsuits over which fan caught the stray baseball and, of course, the Supreme Court Judge who hated red nail polishPerfect for lawyers, law students, or the trivia buff in your life, The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish shows how fun and interesting the law can be.
A Roadtrip Through Loony U.S. Laws 1More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Lawyers 4Barbie Goes to Court 8How One Woman Survived the Most Rigorous Law School Admission Process in History and Still Managed to Feed the Kids and Clean the House 11Reality TV in the Courtroom 15Biggest Beyond-the-Grave Control Freaks 19Five Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Clarence Darrow 23Famous Prisoners' Last Meals 27Five Reasons Why John Donne Was Meant to Be a Poet, Not a Lawyer 31Memorable Cases of False Advertising 35Typhoid Mary Goes to Court 38Lawyers Who've Won Nobel Prizes for Literature 41A Lexicon of Ne'er-Do-Wells 46Behind-the-Scenes Players in the U.S. Law Biz 51Lawyers Who've Won Darwin Awards 54Longest Jury Deliberations 56Finding M&Ms in Court, in Contracts, and in Compromising Legal Situations 61The Judge Who Hated Red Nail Polish 65World's Longest Prison Sentences 69Literary Lawyers Quiz 72Must-Visit Travel Destinations for Law Buffs 77Nellie Mitchell, Age 96, Takes on a Tabloid 81Times May, in Fact, Have Changed: Old Court Opinions 84Consider Yourself Warned! 89Top Ten Songs That Are Really, Truly About Lawyers 92Test Your Knowledge of Impeachment 97Celebrities With Law Degrees 101Seven Rules You'd Think Every Bank Robber Would Know 104Who Did You Say Went Bankrupt? 108The Lawyer Who Invented Copying 112Haunted History: The Salem Witch Trials 116Would the Law Protect You From Buying a Haunted House? 119Ooh, You Could've Bought Madoff's Rolex! 123High Fences Make Spiteful Neighbors 126A DUI for Driving a What?! 130Taking the Fifth: How "Funny Girl" Helped Popularize the Most Famous One-Liner in Criminal Law 134Do You Know Enough About Law to Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test? 138Toupee or Not Toupee? All About British Barristers' Wigs 142Worst Excuses Ever for Committing a Crime 146Ten Best Crime-Solving Lawyers in Mystery Series 150Wanna Play Auditor? 157Take Me Out to the Ball Game-But Don't Get Between Me and That Home Run Ball 161What's in a Name? 165Whose Sunken Treasure Is It? 169How Copyright Law Found Its Mojo 173'Til Death-Or the Tabloids-Do Us Part: Messy Celebrity Divorces 176Man's Best Friend? 180Best Scenes From Movie Courtrooms 183Take My Wives, Please: Polygamy Law FAQ 188How Robert Crumb Almost Lost "Keep on Truckin"' 192Trials of the Centuries 196"Oops" Headlines About Law and Crimes 203How Rich People Avoid Getting Beaten Up in Prison 205How Much Can a Fake Lawyer Earn? 209Can You Name That Supreme Court Case? 212Most Creative Jail Breaks 216The United States Constitution-Not Written in Stone (Sort Of) 219You Can Have the House and Kids, But Not the Dog! 224Five Defective Products That Changed the Law 228Biggest U.S. Family Legal Feuds 235Off to Court in a Chicken Costume 241When Judges Get Fed Up 244Five Strange But True Butt-Related Inventions 247
