Prosecuting a Poltergeist: The Defamation Trial of the Curé of Cideville
“These days, there are angry ghosts all around us – dead from wars, sickness, starvation – and nobody cares. So …
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Statutory Murder: The Trial of Theagenes of Thasos
“A fiction of law shall never be contradicted so as to defeat the end for which it was invented, but …
Waffling on Witchcraft: I’ll Get a Lawyer and Your Little Dog Toto, Too
“What interests me is why men think of women as witches. It’s because they’re so fascinating and exasperating, so other” …
EsoterX at the Movies: Honoré Mirabel’s Gold-Sniffing Ghost
The Devil’s Vacation Home: Satan Summers in Finland
“People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors” – Francis Bacon The real …
Ghost Morality and Celestial Bureaucracy: What Would Casper Do?
“By aiming for paradise, we lose sight of earth. Hope of a beyond and aspiration to an afterlife engender a …
The Next to Last Will and Testament: How to Sue the Living
“Law is born from despair of human nature” – Jose Ortega Y Gasset Thomas Harris of Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, …
His Majesty the King vs. the Fiddlers, Wendigo Hunters
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win” – Stephen King Monster …
Pride and Prosecution: Vain Necromancers and the 16th Century Inquisition
“My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there’s no …
The Lesser of Two Weevils: A 16th Century Insect Trial
“We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along …
John of Nottingham: Necromancy and Human Resources
“The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people’s desire to believe that there is some group of folks who …
If the Ghost Doesn’t Fit, You Must Acquit: The Murder of Sergeant Arthur Davies
“Nature keeps herself whole, and…. suffers no seat to be vacant in her college. It is the secret of the …
Viking Ghostbusters: The Icelandic Style of Exorcising Spirits
Betra er einn að vera, en illan stallbróður hafa (“Better to be alone than in bad company”) – Icelandic Proverb …
Jack of the Lantern: In Search of Transcendental Loopholes
“I was half lawyer; I always noticed the loopholes.” ― Rachel Hartman As soon as humanity buckled down and got …
The Devilish Jurisprudence of Barnaby v. Booty: Judge Not, Lest Thy be Sued
“Misery loved company, but damnation needed it” – John Connolly Here’s a little known legal fact – condemning someone to …
Don’t Be a Menace to Hammersmith While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
“When I’m asked ‘Are you afraid of the dark?’, my answer is ‘No, I’m afraid of what is in the …
Honoré Mirabel’s Gold-Sniffing Ghost: Salvage Law of the Dead
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies …
The Unfinished Business of James Haddock: Ghostly Legal Grievances
“I intend to live forever, or die trying” – Groucho Marx Any good accountant will tell you to get your …
Demon for the Defense: Courtroom Testimony of a Burmese Thayai
“Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself” – Lao Tzu Just because you’ve clawed your way up …
Satan and Saint Evona: Advocate for the Devil’s Advocate
“The Devil can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing” – Robert Louis Stevenson I recently ran across evidence of what …
You Dirty Rat: Criminal Prosecution of Rodents
“Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated.” – Gunter Grass Rats …
Philosophical Zombies: Legal Issues of the Living Dead
“History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead” – Voltaire Should you find yourself …
Contract Law of the Beast: Historical Fine Print on Your Pact with the Devil
“God is Love, but get it in writing” – Gypsy Rose Lee Ever since we figured out that bad things …
