A new miscellany-at-law yet another diversion for lawyers and others by Sir Robert Megarry ; edited by Bryan A. Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Megarry, Robert Edgar, Sir, 1910- author.

Contributor:

Garner, Bryan A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Anecdotes.

Law.

Law--Humor.

Law--Great Britain--Anecdotes.

Law--Great Britain--Humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] Portland, Oregon Hart Publishing Clark, N.J. Lawbook Exchange 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law. This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law also includes many other jewels. There is the touching Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law. This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law also includes many other jewels. There is the touching Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery

Contents:

1 Lex Loquens

2 Judex Non Juridicus

3 Beggar or Fool

4 Into Battel

5 Ars Bablativa

6 Short of Water

7 Figs and Pippins

8 Living in our Ancestors

9 All Deliberate Speed

10 Le Needfulness De Eux

11 Statutes at Larger

12 A Plain and Simple Question

13 Maxima

14 Andorandororand

15 Dark with Excessive Brightness

16 An Uncharted Sea of Doubt and Difficulty

17 The Paperwork

18 Every Prospect Pleases

19 Winter'd One Whole Summer

20 Fustum Funnidos Tantaraboo

21 A Certain Amount of Sobriety

22 Narrowed to a Filament

23 The Evil of Evils

24 Powafuchswowitchahavagganeabba (Chicago)

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786610808311

9781472559777

1472559770

9781280808319

1280808314

9781847310903

1847310907

OCLC:

476005813