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Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History Paperback – August 17, 1999

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In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.

Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.

A: You mumbled on the first part of that and I couldn't understand what you were saying. Could you repeat the question?

Q: I mumbled, did I? Well, we'll just ask the court reporter to read back what I said. She didn't indicate any problem understanding what I said, so obviously she understood every word. We'll just have her read my question back and find out if there was any mumbling going on. Madam reporter, would you be so kind?

Court Reporter: Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.

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Court legalese, often combined with malapropisms and slips of the tongue in exchanges between judges, lawyers, plaintiffs, defendants and eccentric jurors, is gleefully quoted here Readers will undoubtedly cull their own favorites from this irreverent sampling of 'justice' in action. "

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Perennially on the “Best Lawyers in America” list, Charles M. Sevilla has a private law practice in San Diego. He is the author of Wilkes on Trial and Wilkes: His Life and Crimes and a columnist for Forum.

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (August 17, 1999)
Language: : English
Paperback : 255 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393319288
ISBN-13 : 978-0393319286
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.1 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #50,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24 in Courts & Law
- #31 in Legal History (Books)
- #38 in Civil Law Procedure (Books)

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f.c. blake

A Huge Disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019

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Had heard a few excerpts quoted from this book, which attempted to convey the impression it would make for enjoyable, humorous reading.
About all I actually found in its pages featured long, boring descriptions of cases depicting ego-maniacal lawyers and prosecutors hurling malicious, obscenity-laden insults at one another or the Court.

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Susan

Hire better formatters

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2015

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I purchased this book on Kindle because I had read very funny excerpts on Facebook. The book does include some funny bits. However, the horrendous formatting overshadowed the book's merits. Many hopefully humorous anecdotes were ruined by the fact that the punch lines and often other portions of the dialogue were missing from my screen. Perhaps these problems were particular to the Kindle formatting and were complicated by formatting upgrades in newer Kindle equipment. If this book is not readable on older Kindles, the sales descriptions should note that fact. In addition, if this author paid a copy editor, he should have his money refunded. The errors in spelling and grammar were inexcusable. Both the author and his readers are being shortchanged.

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If you need a good laugh, this is the book for you

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2018

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If you need a good laugh, this is the book for you. I was laughing so hard I was crying and these days, we all need a good laugh.

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Pvt. W. G. Kirby Amazon Customer

I guess the longer version was "Overruled!" ???

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2015

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This little book is neat. It's filled with funny cartoons and descriptions of the unexpected replies to questions given by persons under sworn examinations in courtrooms as seen and heard by the author in his career in the legal system. It is just one of a whole series of such books in the same vein by this author and others who have experienced the same situations. It is a small book...and a bit pricey for what you get, though you do get a few really good laughs! I just wish that a few of these numerous books had been collected into a larger work in length and size format. That would gain the extra star in my evaluation! As it is, the book is small and too short once you start enjoying it!

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C. Bolton

Don't Buy Kindle Version

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013

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It is amazing to me that with the several reviews noting that the electronic (Kindle) version of this book is incompatible with Kindle (numerous pages or line are cutoff or missing) that Amazon is still selling this edition. But I guess that no one at Amazon ever reads these reviews or does anything about them.

The content of the book is, as at least one other reviewer has noted, not uniformly (or nearly) as funny as the excerpts, but the book would still be worth its price if it were readable. The Kindle edition is not readable.

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Funny

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017

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Let's just say that this is one of those books that keeps me laughing. Sometimes I shake my head at the stupidity of humanity, so to see such ridiculousness happen in what should be a serious situation kind of makes me question my sanity. Still, this book is a definite laugh, no more different that watching Funniest Home Videos.

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Kasey

very funny!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2015

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This book is hilarious! Some of the snippets have a bit too much legal jargon, and it is a little easy to get confused if you are not familiar with normal court proceedings, but for the most part it is easy to understand. I've been meaning to buy this book for a year after seeing excerpts and I'm so glad I did!

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Sarah

Hilarious

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020

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These crack me up. A few of them, you need a more-than-average knowledge of the law to understand. But most could be understood by the average non-lawyer. It’s a great wind down to my day.

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C. Denison

Disorder in the court.Great fractured moments in courtroom history.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2018

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This has to be one of the most boring books set in print.In fact.If you have problems with not being able to sleep.Read the first few pages.If you make it that far.It is garaunteed to send you into a deep sleep in minutes!!

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Are this people real

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2020

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This book is funny , I find the answer that they give and questions they ask they must have a limited I.Q.

Burni

Not that funny.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2017

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A bit disappointing. Was hoping for lots of laugh out louds but there were only two or three. A few smiles here and there but that is it.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2020

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Martyn n Debbies

( was very disappointed as I was looking forward to good giggle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2018

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Sadly the blurb had the funniest stories The rest of the book was not even light humored :( was very disappointed as I was looking forward to good giggle

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