Weird Cases

Product Description

Based on the authors popular Times Online" column " Weird Cases" this book draws on extraordinary cases from many countries including the UK USA Canada Brazil Australia New Zealand Germany Italy Romania & China. The result is a highly entertaining read for anyone who enjoys reading about the more bizarre aspects of human life that fetch up in the law courts at the beginning of the 21st century. Courts have seen judges do things like try to turn off a musical tie playing We wish you a merry Christmas while sentencing a defendant to prison fall fast asleep in the middle of trials flip a coin to decide a case demand a foot massage from a clerk & get sentenced for judicial racketeering. Courts have listened to the defences like that of a bogus dentist caught using DIY tools on his patients a man who based his defence on being as hapless as Homer Simpson & a woman who was running a brothel from an office in the criminal courts. Courts have seen a litigant sue for becoming pregnant by a stray sperm in a swimming pool & a litigant suddenly strip naked before the judges. The cases featured in " Weird Cases" are those that truly stand out as odd even among all the unusual dramas that challenge the courts. The chapters are: Compensation & Punishment Love & Sex Food Drink & Drugs Judges Death & Violence Pets & Animals On the Road Lawyers & Jurors Friends & Neighbours."