- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Mandarin (11 Nov 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0413508803
- ISBN-13: 978-0413508805
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The second of two volumes which explore the humorous side of English law, written by a former lawyer and independent MP. Whether writing about the possibility of Brigitte Bardot becoming an MP, or whether a cheque can be written on an egg, the author describes the absurdities of the legal system.
About the Author
Sir Arthur Herbert was born in 1890 and educated at Winchester and Oxford. Having achieved a first in Jurisprudence, he then joined the Royal Navy and served both at Gallipoli and in France during the First World War. He was called to the Bar in 1918, and went on to become a Member of Parliament for Oxford University from 1935 to 1950. Throughout his life A P Herbert was a prolific writer, delighting his many readers with his witty observations and social satires in the columns of Punch. He was the creator of a host of colourful characters - notably Topsy, Albert Haddock and Mr Honeybubble - and wrote novels, poems, musicals, essays, sketches and articles. He was also a tireless campaigner for reform, a denouncer of injustice and a dedicated conserver of the Thames. By the time of his death in 1971, he had gained a considerable following and was highly regarded in literary circles. J M Barrie, Hilaire Belloc, Rudyard Kipling and John Galsworthy all delighted in his work, and H G Wells applauded him saying, 'You are the greatest of great men. You can raise delightful laughter and that is the only sort of writing that has real power over people like me.'
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Although first published in 1982 the stories are from 1952, 1964 etc so reluctantly two stars deducted. This book contains 48 separate short cases in the same style as Uncommon Law, and again some points of the stories are relevant today, e.g.:
The Lords Rebel - the difference between laws and regulations. "If Parliament originates and carefully passes through all its stages an imbecile Act of Parliament, that is one thing. It is the law, and must be upheld. The whimsical edicts of Whitehall worthies deserve, and will receive, much less respect."
Whose Passport is Yours? - regarding the status of the passport & right to travel. The note at the end of this story is excruciating yet funny.
Slander at Sea - If offensive is a nautical flag-signal slander or libel? I would have loved to see what Mr Herbert would have written concerning the Internet.
The Lords Rebel - the difference between laws and regulations. "If Parliament originates and carefully passes through all its stages an imbecile Act of Parliament, that is one thing. It is the law, and must be upheld. The whimsical edicts of Whitehall worthies deserve, and will receive, much less respect."
Whose Passport is Yours? - regarding the status of the passport & right to travel. The note at the end of this story is excruciating yet funny.
Slander at Sea - If offensive is a nautical flag-signal slander or libel? I would have loved to see what Mr Herbert would have written concerning the Internet.
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