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1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Psst, Wanna Buy a Comic Book?; 2 A Gun Fight at High Noon? Too Uncivilized; 3 Saying Bad Things About People in Power -- Crimes Against the State; 4 Keep Your Pants On; 5 Blasphemous Pirates in Space; 6 Race, Religion, and the Law; 7 It Doesn't Take a Thief -- Or, Not All the Interesting Stuff Happens in Criminal Court; 8 Most Foul; 9 Of Poppies and Red Crosses; Notes; Recommended Further Reading. |
Summary |
Did you know that Canada's Criminal Code still has provisions outlawing the practice of witchcraft and "crafty sciences"? Did you know that blasphemy is a crime in Canada? And did you know that putting a picture of a red poppy on your website could get you in trouble with the Royal Canadian Legion?Lawyer and author Bob Tarantino takes readers on an entertaining and informative romp through Canada's legal labyrinths in a book that spotlights the country's past and present strange-but-true laws and legal history. He examines odd statutes and arcane jurisprudence across the spectrum of Canadian e. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Law -- Canada -- Miscellanea.
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Law. |
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Canada. |
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Law -- Canada -- History -- Miscellanea.
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History. |
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Law -- Social aspects -- Canada -- History -- Miscellanea.
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Law -- Social aspects. |
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Law -- Canada -- Popular works. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History -- Miscellanea.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Law. |
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Tarantino, Bob. Under arrest. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2007 9781550027037 1550027034 (OCoLC)141385064 |
ISBN |
9781550028911 (electronic book) |
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155002891X (electronic book) |
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9781459718258 (electronic book) |
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1459718259 (electronic book) |
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9781550027037 |
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1550027034 |
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