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Legal Humor

A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.  The Comic Blackstone.  New and rev. ed. Shedfield: Ashford, 1985.  Facsim. of: New and  
 rev. ed. London: Bradbury, Agnew, 1887.

Fisher, David. Legally Correct Fairy Tales.  New York: Warner Books, 1996.   
 
Hyman, Dick.  The Columbus Chicken Statute, and More Bonehead Legislation.  Lexington,
 MA: S. Greene Press, 1985.   

Jasper, John.  Lies, Damned Lies, and Testimony: Tell It to the Magistrate!  Highland City,
 FL: Rainbow Books, 1999.

McClay, John B. and Wendy L. Matthews. Corpus Juris Humorous: A Compilation of
 Humorous, Extratordinary, Outrageous, Unusual, Infamous, Clever, and Witty
 Reported Judicial Opinions and  Related Materials Dating from 1256 A.D. to the
 Present.  [California]: J. B. McClay: W.L. Matthews, 1991.

Paterson, James.  Curiosities of the Law and Lawyers.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1899. 
 
Rushing, Steve. Legal Insanity: Disorder in the Court.  New York: Royal Fireworks Press,
 1993.  

Seltzer, Barry.  It Takes Two Judges to Try a Cow and Other Strange Legal Twists.
 Scarborough, Ont: Prism Pub., 1993.

Sevilla, Charles M.  Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History.
 New York: Norton, 1992.