Law Practice
Jun. 19, 2012
Dispatches from the reading room: LOL
Humor in judicial opinions takes many forms, ranging from tired jokes to sly wit to satire so powerful as to make us laugh. By William Domnarski
William Domnarski
Email: domnarski@gmail.com
William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Who would have thought that as we traverse what Justice Benjamin Cardozo called the "Sahara of the judicial opinion" we would find the occasional bubbling spring providing relief in the form of humor. It takes many forms, ranging from tired jokes to sly wit to satire so powerful as to make us laugh. To invoke Samuel Johnson, we can say that, while it might not be done well, it is a surprise to find it done at all.
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