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Lowering the Bar : Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture by Marc Galanter (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-100299213501

ISBN-139780299213503

eBay Product ID (ePID)45678825

Product Key Features

Number of Pages430 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLowering the Bar : Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture

Publication Year2005

SubjectLegal Profession, Media & the Law, Topic / Business & Professional, Popular Culture

TypeTextbook

AuthorMarc Galanter

Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Humor

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight33.8 Oz

Item Length10.3 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-005443

Dewey Edition22

Reviews" A tour de force. . . . THE classic collection of lawyer jokes and analysis." -- Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley, A tour de force. . . . THE classic collection of lawyer jokes and analysis."—Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley, " Lowering the Bar should be on the shelves of all humor scholars as a work of reference, on the shelves of all lawyers as a source of self-insight and to bring them repentance and on the shelves of anyone who likes to laugh at jokes."-Christie Davies, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, " Lowering the Bar should be on the shelves of all humor scholars as a work of reference, on the shelves of all lawyers as a source of self-insight and to bring them repentance and on the shelves of anyone who likes to laugh at jokes."--Christie Davies, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, "Lowering the Barshould be on the shelves of all humor scholars as a work of reference, on the shelves of all lawyers as a source of self-insight and to bring them repentance and on the shelves of anyone who likes to laugh at jokes."-Christie Davies, HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, "A tour de force. . . . THE classic collection of lawyer jokes and analysis."--Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley, "A tour de force. . . . THE classic collection of lawyer jokes and analysis."-Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal340/.02/07

SynopsisWhat do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor: lawyer jokes. Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law has coexisted uneasily with anxiety about the "legalization" of society. Informative and always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans' deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers., What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor: lawyer jokes. "Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law has coexisted uneasily with anxiety about the "legalization" of society. Informative and always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans' deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers., What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor: lawyer jokes. "Lowering the Bar" analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law has coexisted uneasily with anxiety about the legalization of society. Informative and always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers."

LC Classification NumberK184.G35 2005