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LAWFUL AND THE AWFUL (Record no. 198794)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789370037250
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Terms of availability Purchased
Note Prism Books, Kadavanthra
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 340.02
Item number TUS/LA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Tushar Mehta
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title LAWFUL AND THE AWFUL
Remainder of title : Quirky Tales From the World of Law
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Rupa Publications
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2026
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Size of unit 323
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note The citadel of justice is solemn and serious by design. But this book looks beyond that façade, bringing together a series of intriguing and surprising episodes that will appeal not only to lawyers and judges, but to non-legal readers as well.<br/><br/>In The Lawful and the Awful, Tushar Mehta takes the reader into the lesser-known corners of the legal world, where personality presses against principle and the law reveals a side of itself rarely seen.<br/><br/>Drawing on real cases from courts across the world, these pages recount judges who brandished loaded pistols inside courtrooms, penned poetry instead of judgments, or pronounced sentences from improbable places; the sharp wit and wisdom of the inimitable Justice Scalia; and memorable instances of the British art of courtroom humour.<br/><br/>Written with wit, measured sarcasm, and the practised eye of a courtroom insider, these essays do not seek either to scandalize or to sermonize. They simply remind us that the citadel of justice is not always as solemn as it appears—and that the line between what is lawful and what is awful can sometimes be thinner than we might like to believe. This blurring of the line is what makes the law all the more interesting and fascinating.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Law
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Miscellanies of law
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Historical and geographic treatment of law
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Courts and judicial administration
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Lending
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Inventory number Total Checkouts Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Checked out Date last seen Date last checked out Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Ernakulam Public Library Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks 2026-06-20 Purchased 995.00 KC-26-CRB-2262,2026/06/20 3 1 340.02 TUS/LA E1103019 2026-10-01 2026-09-17 2026-09-17 2026-06-20 Lending