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Loading... Guilty by Reason of Stupidityby Joel J. Seidemann
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a good bathroom book. The individual bits are just long enough, the reading light enough for the purpose. The writing, while otherwise fine, is marred by the authors addition of his own views. Had he just reported the facts this would have been a better book. The humor of the stupidity would have stood on its own. The authors comments at the end of many individual entries is jarring as it is out of rhythm with he reporting that preceded it. An editor would have done well to see those comments removed. Still a fun read in the right setting. 1   philoserf | Sep 30, 2009 |  Absolutely hilarious true stories of happenings in the court room. A must have for fans of real life humor. (  ) sidhevicious | Apr 2, 2009 | The actual stories were very funny, but I found the the author's editorials grating most of the time. Perry Parks once said that if it's obviously ridiculous news, you just need to lay the information out there, you don't need to point out how ridiculous the people were. (  ) shoughto | Nov 17, 2008 | This is an adequate collection of some of the more audacious court cases over the years. It was a very quick and easy read and good for a few chuckles. However as a somewhat frequent reader of Chuck Shepherd's syndicated column News of the Weird I had heard many of the best ones before. Seidemann's occasional comments about some of the cases were very predictable--I had said half of them in my head as I was reading the case in the first place. The book could also have been better if he either had more interesting comments, or completely refrained from making any. (  ) davincidad | Nov 11, 2008 | I liked this book, it shows how stupid all people can be (including a few judges). I had already heard about quite a few of the cases both in local news and on news websites. However there is enough new info that I wanted to finish the book. Very quick read, would be easy to pick up and put down many times. booboobad | Oct 21, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0740777122, Paperback)If the iPod is too loud, does Steve Jobs have to pay? Can Steven Spielberg cut a kid's hair without permission? Did Mickey Mouse and Fred Flintstone really cast votes for Ralph Nader?Unbelievable but true tales of more than one hundred court calamities, curiosities, and comical cases. Joel Seidemann's law career spans more than 25 years. He is currently a district attorney, but when he's not arguing on the city's behalf, he can be found researching the most bizarre, hilarious, and ridiculous cases of legal history. And now, thanks to Seidemann, we know why Lady Justice is blindfolded. Surely it's to hide her tears from the daily dysfunction and dalliances bestowed upon our country's judicial system. Remember the woman who claimed she found a finger in her Wendy's chili? Or the judge who attempted to make a courtroom decision by flipping a coin? Seidemann concisely chronicles more than one hundred tales of courtroom chaos and credulity that are destined to make even the most experienced judge chuckle between sessions. The perfect gift for newly licensed lawyers who just passed the bar, in addition to legal eagles currently in practice. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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