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Loopy legislation, crazy crimes and punishments – based on the TV series Beyond Belief!In Madagascar the law forbids pregnant women to wear hats or eat eels.In 1982, an elephant was arrested in Wisconsin on suspicion of murder.Minnesotans may not put male and female underwear next to each other on the clothes line.It sometimes seems that there is a law for everything these days – you never know when you could be risking arrest through some seemingly innocent act, especially when travelling abroad.Fear no more! With 'Odd Laws', the essential handbook for law-abiding travellers, you will know: not to dance on turtles in Malaya or hunt camels in Arizona, get fish drunk in Oklahoma or wrestle an untrained bull in public in England.Packed with amazing and side-splitting anecdotes of crime and punishment, Odd Laws proves what we all suspected, that sometimes the law really is an ass.
This book explores the bizarre and often humorous landscape of peculiar laws from around the world. It serves as a guide for travelers, detailing strange legislation that could lead to unintended legal trouble, and is packed with anecdotes about unusual crimes and their punishments, highlighting the often absurd nature of legal systems.
The book is presented as an entertaining and informative handbook for travelers, aiming to amuse readers with its collection of odd laws and the stories behind them. It suggests that the content will provide readers with knowledge to avoid inadvertently breaking strange laws, particularly when abroad. The tone is lighthearted, emphasizing the humorous and sometimes absurd aspects of legal statutes, and it is framed as a guide that proves 'sometimes the law really is an ass.'
Page Count:
128
Publication Date:
2016-10-20
Publisher:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0008192103
ISBN-13:
9780008192105
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