The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of theLaw That Make Us AllU nsuspecting Criminals

The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of theLaw That Make Us AllU nsuspecting Criminals

by Nathan Belofsky
The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of theLaw That Make Us AllU nsuspecting Criminals

The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of theLaw That Make Us AllU nsuspecting Criminals

by Nathan Belofsky

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101188965
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/03/2010
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,033,798
File size: 242 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Nathan Belofsky is the author of The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities, which has been featured in The New Yorker and on Salon. He lives in Manhattan.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Old School 1

2 In the Neighborhood 57

3 Strange Things, Strange Places 75

4 Animals Among Us (The Real Ones) 85

5 Life's Essentials: Food and Sex 115

6 Entertainment and Leisure 145

7 People Getting Along 171

8 Judges, Lawyers, and the Law 195

Selected Bibliography 219

Index 235

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