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Table of Contents; Preface by Bob Mankoff; Introduction; A. On, About, In . . . Law?s Intersection with Humor; B. The Power of New Yorker Cartoons; C. Humor Scholarship; 1. Humor Inventories; 2. Major Theories of Humor; a. Superiority Theory; b. Release Theory; c. Incongruity Theory; Chapter 1 On: Law?s Effect on Humor; A. An Unwitting Passage into the Comedy Business: How Courts Become Humor Critics When Indirectly Regulating Humor; 1. Intellectual Property Law: Parody as a Favored Child in Trademark Law; 2. Tort; a. Defamation; b. Other Torts; 3. Contract; 4. Workplace Humor and Harassment Cases; 5. Endnote on Indirect Regulation; B. The Frontal Attack: Punishing the Jokester, Muzzling the Comedian, and Regulating the Punster; 1. Punishing the Jokester; 2. Muzzling the Stand-up Comedian; a. Fines, Punishment, and Supreme Court Opinions: Comedians as Outlaws Turned Heroes; b. Shaming by Self-Regulation: Beating Up on Each Other; C. The Unusual Case of Hate Speech; D. Humor?s Push Back on Law: Censorship Humor; Chapter 2 About: Humor about Law; A. Lawyers; 1. Crafty and Cunning: Disloyal Lawyers as Allies of the Devil; 2. Money-Grubbing Vultures; 3. Proliferating Lawyers; 4. The Future of Lawyer Jokes; B. Judges; C. Juries; 1. Stupid Jurors; 2. Lazy Jurors; 3. Misbehaving Jurors; 4. Common Sense Jurors; D. Gender and Race Meet Humor and the Law; 1. Gender; a. Female Lawyers; b. Female Judges; c. Female Jurors; 2. Race; E. The Legal System and Legal Texts; 1. The Legal System; 2. Legal Texts; F. Can Satire Inspire Change?; Chapter 3 In: Humor in Law; A. Funny Lawyers; 1. Advice Giving, Media Spinning, and Social Justice Advocacy; 2. Negotiation and Mediation; 3. Adversary Litigation; B. Funny Judges; 1. In-Court and Extrajudicial Humor; 2. Humor in Opinions; C. Funny Legal Instruments; 1. Contracts; 2. Wills; D. Funny Laws; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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