A Tort Is Not a Pastry: and Other Laws My Mother Told Me

Hansen Alexander s Shavian rendition of American law in the twenty-first century is insightfully informative and wickedly funny. Alexander invokes contemporary culture liberally, writing in detail about celebrities to explain the law: Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Richard Nixon, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, T. Boone Pickens, Tennessee Williams, Ted Williams, Julio Franco, Miguel Tejada, Billy Donovan, Allen Iverson, Michael Jordan, O.J. Simpson, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ed McMahon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ernesto Miranda. A Tort Is Not a Pastry provides a cutting edge examination of child abuse, age discrimination, gay rights, dating on the job, DNA evidence, hate crimes, pregnancy discrimination, prenuptial agreements, and spying on employees.