Dracula was a Lawyer: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of LawConari Press, 2002 M01 31 - 216 pages Everyone seems to love to hate lawyers, and it's easy to shake your head at the profession given its dark side: painstakingly detailed and convoluted documents, the notorious practice of twisting the truth in an effort to win, and exorbitant fees. DRACULA WAS A LAWYER is a copious collection of approximately 500 fascinating trivia facts about lawyers. |
Contents
foreward | vii |
Preface | xi |
The Golden Oldies | 1 |
Fightin Words | 17 |
YoHo YoHo A Lawyers Life for Me | 25 |
Dont Know Much about History | 37 |
Skirting the Law | 59 |
Barnyard Briefs | 67 |
Lawspeak | 129 |
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | 143 |
I Fought the Law and the Law Won | 155 |
Justice Injustice and Everything in Between | 167 |
The Root of All Evil | 177 |
Law by the Numbers | 185 |
Life Outside the Law | 193 |
Take It from Me | 207 |
Its the Law | 75 |
Larger than Life | 97 |
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged | 109 |
Courtside Seats | 119 |
Acknowledgments | 211 |
Selected References | 213 |
About the Authors | |
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