LAW, LIFE & LAUGHTER: LEGAL ANECDOTES & PORTRAITS
Ellison Kahn
Condition: Good. Hardcover bright with only light edge wear; interior pages clean and binding firm. Blank front page excised by blade due to inscription, margin retained for spine integrity.
About the Book:
This rich compilation by Ellison Kahn Professor Emeritus of Law and longtime editor of the South African Law Journal gathers 630 entries drawn from 85 books, 180 sources, and decades of personal correspondence, journals, and memoirs. With more than 100 illustrations and caricatures, Law, Life & Laughter paints a lively portrait of the legal profession its judges and advocates, its eccentricities and moments of high wit.
Both historical and humorous, the book offers insight into South Africas legal culture while placing it within the broader British common-law tradition. Anecdotes range from courtroom repartee and character sketches to behind-the-scenes glimpses of legal life that reveal the humanity behind the laws solemn façade.
About the Author:
Ellison Kahn (19212011) was Professor of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he taught from 1948 and served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 1972 to 1981. A Senior Counsel of the Republic and Barrister of the Middle Temple, London, he was among South Africas most respected jurists and editors. His work bridged academic law and the human stories that enliven it.
Notable:
Includes 110 caricatures and cartoons from 59 sources. A unique cultural and professional chronicle amusing, erudite, and quintessentially South African.
