Another book is The Columbus Chicken Statute and More Bonehead Legislation
by Dick Hyman (1985). I believe the author wrote a number of books on the
topic.
Lesley Lawrence
U.S. Courts Library
Wilmington, DE
At 08:55 AM 1/31/01 -0500, Bill Draper wrote:
>***Hi Sandy,
>
>There are at least a few books out there.
>
>e.g, Loony laws & silly statutes / Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts ;
>illustrated by Myron Miller (New York : Sterling Publ.,
>1994),
>Loony laws : that you never knew you were breaking / Robert
>Wayne Pelton (New York : Walker and Co., 1990), Funny laws &
>other zany stuff / Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl. ; Miller,
>Myron,; 1948- (New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 1999), and I
>think there's a new one that's not in our catalogue yet.
>Try Law -- United States -- Humor in OCLC FirstSearch.
>
>Then there's a website:
>http://www.dumblaws.com/index.shtml However, an effort last
>summer to verify a few of the laws listed on the site didn't
>pan out.
>
>Have fun.
>
>All the best,
>
>Bill
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>
>Sandy 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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