Did you know that Canada''s Criminal Code still has provisions
outlawing the practice of witchcraft and "crafty sciences"? Did you
know that blasphemy is a crime in Canada? And did you know that
putting a picture of a red poppy on your website could get you in
trouble with the Royal Canadian Legion?
Lawyer and author Bob Tarantino takes readers on an entertaining
and informative romp through Canada''s legal labyrinths in a book
that spotlights the country''s past and present strange-but-true
laws and legal history. He examines odd statutes and arcane
jurisprudence across the spectrum of Canadian endeavours, from war
and religion to sex and culture to politics and business.
Frequently, he demonstrates the parallels between yesterday''s
prohibitions and today''s trends such as the edict against duelling
and the legalities of twenty-first-century hockey slugfests, or the
confiscation of so-called crime comics in the 1950s and the
controversy surrounding violence in contemporary video games.