The emergency sasquatch ordinance and other real laws that human beings have actually dreamed up, enacted, and sometimes even enforced

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Law Library — 3rd Floor Collection (3rd floor)

Call Number
K183 .U53 2013
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Available

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Summary

You'll find more than 200 unusual, bizarre, and absurd laws that seem too weird to be true, but are indeed true. The book begins with the laws of ancient Sumeria and Babylon, then moves on to the laws of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and also features some examples from medieval times. All the ancient laws discussed here are translations from languages other than English. As this book is for entertainment purposes, if you're looking for linguistic precision, you might want to adjust your monocle and head over to a more serious section of the bookstore, Señor Braniac. Most of the book is comprised of laws inflicted on the population of the United States. The book then concludes with a selection of modern(ish) laws from other countries, some of which have a legal system similar to that of the United States (the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.), some of which have a completely different tradition (Germany, China, Papua New Guinea), and some of which can barely be said to observe the rule of law" at all. Above all, all of the laws mentioned in this book are (or were) real. The author did research and everything, and has even provided citations in case you want to check his work.

Contents

In ancient times -- In post-ancient but pre-modern times -- The laws of the United States -- The laws of the states of the United States -- The laws of the cities of the states of the United States -- The laws of the states that are not the United States or the states of the United States.

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