Where there's life, there's lawsuits : not altogether serious ruminations on law and life

2004 Arthur Ellis Award Nominee. Is it a crime to try to pick an empty pocket? Miller covers a wide range of legal history in this entertaining book that explores the unusual side of the law, which the public often doesn't hear about.

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This entertaining look at the tragicomic side of law combines case histories of unusual lawsuits with revealing essays to explore the quirky, funny, and often bizarre side of the law that the public rarely hears about. Property law, intellectual property, defamation, and criminal law are chronicled to study the intersection of law and the human condition, covering a wide range of legal history. Revealed are why Robin Hood's merry men couldn't have been very merry, and whether a family can get compensation for lost property if someone misplaces cremated remains.

Author Biography: Jeffrey Miller is a former litigation lawyer and a columnist for The Lawyers' Weekly. He is the author of Street Talk: The Language of Coronation Street, Naked Promises, and The Law of Contempt in Canada. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

If the police sniff at your door without a warrant, is it an illegal search? If the mortuary loses your cremated remains, can your family get compensation? Is it a crime to try to pick an empty pocket? Is Yiddish displacing Latin as the second language of our law? And exactly why is it that Robin Hood's merry men "could not have frequently been merry?" Our experiences with the law show how we cope with the most dramatic, poignant, and ridiculous moments of our lives. Judgments in lawsuits can make vivid, even inspirational literature, shining their high beam on whether we have demonstrated grace under pressure. "Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits" collects Jeffrey Miller's 20 years of research and bemusement as a legal historian and columnist for "The Lawyers Weekly", chronicling this intersection of law and the human tragicomedy.