Ardor in the Court!

Ardor in the Court!
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Publisher : ECW Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781550225280
ISBN-13 : 1550225286
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ardor in the Court! by : Jeffrey Miller

Download or read book Ardor in the Court! written by Jeffrey Miller and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1656: A Boston court sentences a ship's captain to sit in the stocks for two hours for 'lewd and unseemly behaviour' on the Sabbath. His offence? Arriving home that Sunday after three years at sea, he had kissed his wife. 1889: The chief justice of England debates with fellow judges whether a man can have 'sexual connection with a duck.' 1968: J. Edgar Hoover tries to ban the recording 'Two Virgins' because the cover depicts John Lennon and Yoko Ono stark naked from both directions. 2000: A stripper sues her plastic surgeon because her bottom looks like her top after he stitches breast implants into her buttocks. Spanning all legal history, from the Bible onward, these and other sex-charged legal cases are covered when sex meets the law in "Ardor in the Court."


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