Stump Your Lawyer: A Quiz to Challenge the Legal Mind [Paperback]

Howard Zaharoff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 2007

For the lawyers who think they know it allor for those of you who worry that your legal counsel can't tell a tort from a tartStump Your Lawyer! is a hilarious tour of the quirks and curiosities of our legal system. This tongue-in-cheek volume offers witty, practical, and thought-provoking challenges for the legally minded. Short case histories, definitions, multiple-choice quizzes, and otherformats mock the bar exam approach and probe the reader's knowledge of obscure statutes, baffling decisions, bizarre legal concepts, and antiquated jargon. Whether you're studying, practicing, or running from the law, this book will keep you laughingand learningall the way to the courthouse.

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"clever...entertaining...challenging...Buy it." —ABA Journal

About the Author

Howard Zaharoff is an attorney who lives and practices law in Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811858200
• ISBN-13: 978-0811858205
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #831,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and educational -- uninformed lawyers beware!, October 30, 2007

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Robert Plotkin "Author, The Genie in the Mach... (Concord, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stump Your Lawyer: A Quiz to Challenge the Legal Mind (Paperback)

Law school exams were never this fun. Zaharoff provides a collection of multiple-choice questions about topics ranging from the Rule Against Perpetuities to copyright fair use to The Federalist Papers, often with choices that will make you giggle even as you learn something from them. Although ostensibly a tool for preparing you to evaluate potential lawyers, it will sit just as easily on a household coffee table.

I would quote from a few of the questions here, but I'm not sure if doing so would be fair use. Perhaps I need to re-read question 37 . . .

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little treasure, March 11, 2009

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Rosalie Whitehill (Plainview, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stump Your Lawyer: A Quiz to Challenge the Legal Mind (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I found it very entertaining as well as filled with a variety of information about the law. I even spent some time with friends going over a few pages together and it provided some fun as well as topics for discussion.....almost like a game. Mr. Zaharoff's sense of humor shone through in his choice of the multiple answers to the questions, and I occasionally found myself laughing out loud. You can't go wrong with this book as a little gift for your lawyer friends. I liked the author's way with words so much, I shall look forward to his next book.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars looked very used, December 24, 2010

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This review is from: Stump Your Lawyer: A Quiz to Challenge the Legal Mind (Paperback)

I recieved the item on time as expected, but the item itself looked very worn. the cover was faded. Very dissapointed