Based on the author's popular Times Online column 'Weird Cases', this book draws on extraordinary cases from many countries. The chapters are: Compensation and Punishment, Love and Sex, Food, Drink, and Drugs, Judges, Death and Violence, Pets and Animals, On the Road, Lawyers, and Jurors, Friends, a...

Based on the author's popular Times Online column 'Weird Cases', this book draws on extraordinary cases from many countries. The chapters are: Compensation and Punishment, Love and Sex, Food, Drink, and Drugs, Judges, Death and Violence, Pets and Animals, On the Road, Lawyers, and Jurors, Friends, and Neighbours.