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America's Oddest Laws

Author : Michael Canfield

Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 42,87 MB

Release : 2015-12-15

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1482440296

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The law of the land is not always uniform, and this wacky book is proof. Intrigued readers dive into the law books of America’s cities and towns, passing by all the boring stuff and getting down to the just plain weird. Forget jaywalking and other everyday crimes—in West Virginia it’s illegal to use a ferret for hunting! Incredibly engaging text and wild photographs help make sure readers won’t play bingo for too long in North Carolina and stay on the right side of the law when collecting seaweed in New Hampshire.



I Fought the Law

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Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 28,29 MB

Release : 2017-09-05

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ISBN : 1452158185

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Strange, outdated laws from each of the 50 U.S. states—some overturned, some still on the books, and some merely the stuff of legends—are depicted with sly wit by Olivia Locher. Incisive, ironic, and gorgeous, these images will appeal to art buffs and trivia fans alike. A foreword from American poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview with the artist by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, contextualize rising-star Locher's photography. From serving wine in teacups in Kansas to licking a toad in Kentucky or perming a child's hair in Nebraska, breaking the law has never looked so good.



You Can Get Arrested for that

Author : Rich Smith

Publisher : Random House

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 22,82 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Law

ISBN : 0552154067

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What started out as an innocent board game inspired Rich Smith to undertake a daring crime spree across the United States -a journey to break the dumbest American laws on the statute books.In the Land of the Free, it is illegal to-* Lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory (South Dakota)* Play a trumpet with the intention of luring someone to a store (California)* Catch a fish with a lasso (Tennessee)Rich's first problem was narrowing down the huge choice of laws to just twenty-five. The second was persuading his mate Bateman to come along, to do some of the driving -and possibly provide bail money. The third was finding someone who was willing to help him break his first law- one of San Francisco's oldest statutes, which related to oral sex. No, Bateman couldn't help with that one.Join Rich as he attempts his one-man crime wave -almost as difficult as a one-man Mexican wave.



Wacky Laws, Weird Decisions, & Strange Statutes

Author : Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 47,52 MB

Release : 2007-02

Category : Humor

ISBN : 9781402716706

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Presents a collection of silly laws, ridiculous court decisions, and strange government statutes that in many cases are still on the books.



Chickens May Not Cross the Road and Other Crazy(But True) Laws

Author : Kathi Linz

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 48,98 MB

Release : 2007-12-28

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0547349874

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It is against the law in Brooklyn, New York, for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. In Idaho you are not allowed to fish while sitting on a giraffe. In California you must not keep slugs as pets. Yes, it’s the law—says so right on the state or city books. Some of the most ludicrous laws in the history of our country come to light in this funny and fascinating book for young citizens . . . citizens who have a special appreciation for the tyranny of silly rules.



Only in America

Author : Heather Alexander

Publisher : 50 States

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 41,5 MB

Release : 2021-11-09

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0711262845

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In Only In America, ​discover unique, strange, funny, record-breaking and downright unbelievable facts about every state in the USA.



The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities

Author : Nathan Belofsky

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 48,71 MB

Release : 2010-08-03

Category : Law

ISBN : 1101188960

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You're probably breaking the law right now-and don't even know it. Did you know... ? Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and "pizza police" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies? ? In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black flag? ? It is illegal to sell stuffed articles depicting female breasts within a thousand feet of any county highway in California? ? Spherical fishbowls have been banned in Rome since 2004? There are hundreds of bizarre laws that we could be breaking at any moment. What exactly are we doing that we shouldn't be doing, and what happens if we get caught? In this engaging and insightful collection, Nathan Belofsky takes us on a journey of eclectic, unexpected, and bizarre laws from around the world. Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession's most unusual quirks, The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities offers a delightful look at the legal system's peculiarities through the ages. From laws that crack down on how we eat, look, and have sex, to real legal battles involving litigious chimpanzees, you'll start wondering whether you're really the law-abiding citizen you claim to be.



Crazy Laws

Author : Dick Hyman

Publisher :

Page : 90 pages

File Size : 42,52 MB

Release : 1976

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ISBN :

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How to Become a Federal Criminal

Author : Mike Chase

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 31,15 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1982112530

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In this “excellent book for people who like to start sentences with ‘Did you know that…’” (The New York Times), discover the most bizarre ways you might become a federal criminal in America—from mailing a mongoose to selling Swiss cheese without enough holes—written and illustrated by the creator of the wildly popular @CrimeADay Twitter account. Have you ever clogged a toilet in a national forest? That could get you six months in federal prison. Written a letter to a pirate? You might be looking at three years in the slammer. Leaving the country with too many nickels, drinking a beer on a bicycle in a national park, or importing a pregnant polar bear are all very real crimes, and this riotously funny, ridiculously entertaining, and fully illustrated book shows how just about anyone can become—or may already be—a federal criminal. Whether you’re a criminal defense lawyer or just a self-taught expert in outrageous offenses, How to Become a Federal Criminal is “an entertaining and humorous look at our criminal justice system” (Forbes).



Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law

Author : Maurice Adams

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 559 pages

File Size : 20,77 MB

Release : 2017-02-02

Category : Law

ISBN : 1316883256

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Rule of law and constitutionalist ideals are understood by many, if not most, as necessary to create a just political order. Defying the traditional division between normative and positive theoretical approaches, this book explores how political reality on the one hand, and constitutional ideals on the other, mutually inform and influence each other. Seventeen chapters from leading international scholars cover a diverse range of topics and case studies to test the hypothesis that the best normative theories, including those regarding the role of constitutions, constitutionalism and the rule of law, conceive of the ideal and the real as mutually regulating.