Tales from Tennessee lawyers / William Lynwood Montell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Tennessee--Anecdotes.

Law.

Law--Tennessee--Humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lawyers have long been known as master storytellers, and those from Tennessee are certainly no exception. Veteran oral historian and folklorist William Lynwood Montell has collected tales from dozens of lawyers and judges from throughout the Volunteer State, ranging from stories of a custody battle over a family dog that garnered national media attention to the self-proclaimed ""smartest man in Clay County."" Recorded exactly as the lawyers tell them, these stories are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes raw and harrowing, but always remarkable. Far more than a collection of lawyer jo

Contents:

Viewpoints

Courtroom blunders

Legal humor

Divorce and adultery

Homicides

Other lawyers and judges in the courtroom

Sexual and physical abuse

Courtroom misbehavior and jury justice-injustice

Illegal sales

Political elections

Thievery

Executions and race relations

Bad words in court

Animals in court

Domestic relations

Bankruptcy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-23287-1

9786613232878

0-8131-7178-4

OCLC:

65470587