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10 March 2011 / James Wilson
Issue: 7456 / Categories: Blogs
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Book review: The Reduced Law Dictionary:

Readers of this journal have long been entertained by the “snippets” column, consisting of anecdotes and observations, each one exactly 101 words long, which one finds scattered across the pages from time to time. The author of these pieces is Mr Roderick Ramage.

The Reduced Law Dictionary:
In Snippets of 101 Words
Author: Roderick Ramage
Publisher: Etica Press Limited (30 Nov 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1905633111 Price: £9.99

Someone obviously jabbed Mr Ramage in the ribs recently and told him that he ought to compile a few of them into a book, for that is what he has now done. Naturally he has selected 101 of them. The reason for the fixation with the number 101 is explained at the start of the book, which I will leave readers to learn for themselves. He has given the collection the rather fetching title The Reduced Law Dictionary.

For some, but not all, of the snippets Mr Ramage has details of the source at the back of the book. Most of his cited cases come with references

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