I Fought the Law: A Riotous Romp in Search of British Democracy
A Biography, Nonfiction, Humor book. Law students, Brits and anyone concerned about the state ofsociety
In an attempt to raise a dormant spirit lying somewhere between Fred Dibnah and Bonnie and Clyde, Dan Kieran has been on a journey to discover why life in modern Britain is so absurd and unfulfilling, and he has realized that everything comes down to just one thing: British law. And these very laws are becoming as eccentric as moustache clubs, shin-kicking championships, and even, God bless her, the Queen. And on his travels, Dan finds he’s not alone, for there are multitudes of people battling against the tedium. And so begins a satirical, fun-packed crime spree as Dan joins a group of protestors (five of whom were arrested for eating cakes in Parliament Square), spends the night on the roof of a bus station in Derby, befriends a group of pensioners who were forced to...
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- Pages: 384 pages
- ISBN: 9780553817706 / 553817701
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Law students, Brits and anyone concerned about the state ofsociety Dan Kieran got up one day and decided a) he needed something interesting to do, and b) the Law in Britain has gone eccentric and possibly evil. So he decided to get out their and break some laws with strangers and then write about it.I think my favourite civil disobedience was the group of grannies who let off some stinkbombs in a courthouse.... I expected form the title and blurb that this was going to be a light-hearted and amusing book. However, the author discovered that there are plenty of recent laws that don't make sense and decided to work on breaking them. This means a lot of political discussion, which I found boring. Maybe he has a point, but this was not what I...
