I would have thought that a simple AltaVista search for the keywords
"presidential" plus "electoral" plus "college" plus "counting" plus
"ballots" plus "dimpled" will retrieve enough "silly, goofy and/or absurd"
laws to keep your student enquirer more than fully occupied until your next
election !!!!
'Avagoodday :-)
Ronald S Huttner LL.B (Hons)
Barrister And Solicitor
Consultant And Trainer In Computer-Assisted Legal Research
Lecturer In Advanced Computerised Legal Research,
Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne (02.10.95 to 02.10.98)
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Sandra Placzek wrote:-
>Good Morning -
>A student has asked if there is a way to find a listing of "silly",
>"absurd" or "goofy" laws (from any jurisdiction) - I was wondering if
>anyone knows of any resource that would be a good starting place. Maybe
>an article or a compilation that discusses some of the "odder" ducks on
>the books?
>
>Any help would be appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Sandy
>
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>Head of Public Services |
>Assistant Professor of Law Library |
>Marvin & Virginia Schmid Law Library |
>University of Nebraska College of Law |
>Lincoln, NE 68583-0902 |
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