The Legal Companion (Companion)
The Legal Companion (Companion)
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Ever wonder what happens to the 36,000 tennis balls used at the annual Wimbledon championships? Or what was on the menu at Henry IV's coronation? Would you like to know how to master the Japanese art of packing a rucksack? Or how to say hello in 20 different languages? The delightfully eclectic, exceedingly collectable volumes in The Companion Series are bursting with useful trivia and quirky facts to amuse and amaze. Pleasingly designed, eminently browsable, downright addictive.
From the Publisher
From lawmakers to lawbreakers, this eclectic volume offers a look at the oddities, quirks, origins, and stories behind the legal world. Here too are extracts from literature's most memorable writing on the law, with Charles Dickens and Herman Melville sharing a cell with William Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson.
The Legal Companion : Awesome Lawsuits, Judicious Judgements and Terrific Torts (Companion),Vincent Powell,Clive Anderson,Robson Books, Limited,1861058381,General,Law,Law (General),Legal Reference / Law Profession,Practical Guides,Law / General
English Books:
- The Limits of Law: Essays on Democratic Governance (New Perspectives on Law, Culture, & Society)
- The Most Valuable Personal Legal Forms You'll Ever Need
- The Nature and Functions of Law
- The Paralegal Professional
- The Popular Policeman and Other Cases : Psychological Perspectives on Legal Evidence
- The Practitioner's Guide to Mediation: A Client-Centered Approach
- The Rhetoric of Innovation : Self-Conscious Legal Change in Rabbinic Literature
- Tort Law
- Transportation Planning on Trial : The Clean Air Act and Travel Forecasting (Metropolis and Region, V. 1)
- Veering Right : How the Bush Administration Subverts the Law for Conservative Causes
English Books
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