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While there have been innumerable collections of humour in the courts, this is an anthology of over 80 stories about disputes resolved without the aid of litigation. It reveals rich sources from old and new China, ancient Greece, Rome and medieval England, as well as Shakespeare and Chaucer.

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Without the law; a family affair; gods, goddesses and heroes; women and arbitration; the sorrows and rewards of the arbitrator; unhappy parties; language traps; umpires; arbitration on the stage.

A Miscellany of Disputes

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    Publisher: Holo Books The Arbitration Press
    Publication Date: 18/01/2000
    ISBN13: 9780953773008, 978-0953773008
    ISBN10: 953773000
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    Humour Legal systems: courts and procedures

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    While there have been innumerable collections of humour in the courts, this is an anthology of over 80 stories about disputes resolved without the aid of litigation. It reveals rich sources from old and new China, ancient Greece, Rome and medieval England, as well as Shakespeare and Chaucer.

    Table of Contents
    Without the law; a family affair; gods, goddesses and heroes; women and arbitration; the sorrows and rewards of the arbitrator; unhappy parties; language traps; umpires; arbitration on the stage.

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