The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes Editor Michael Gilbert 1986 Oxford University Press Legal history judicial books

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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1986 Oxford University Press. This copy is actually still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Black hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear and feature gold lettering front and spine. The accompanying dust jacket is still clean and shiny with only a hint of shelf wear. Standard octavo book size or 6" x 9" with 333 pages including index.

The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes has been edited by Michael Gilbert. Drawing from the reminiscences of lawyers and criminals, witnesses and clerks, over 350 anecdotes about legal goings-on in the past 250 years fill the pages. Edward Carson cross examining Oscar Wilde, Clarence Darrow defending J.T. Scopes for teaching evolution and more celebrated legal battles are retold.

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