Publisher's Synopsis
The anthology has 25 original legal science-fiction stories: 3 short-short stories, 18 short stories, 2 novelettes, and 2 novellas. Plus 1 original preface, 1 original essay, and 1 original Post Scriptum.
"Legal" intends that a substantive law matter is central to a recital."Science fiction" intends a recital, the foundation of which is a yet-to-be technology. Usual yet-to-be technologies are space travel, time travel, and terraforming.
The target audiences are lawyers and sci-fi readers. To that end, excellent writing prevails. There is not a single blasphemous, scatological, or reproductive word in the anthology. An aficionado or aficionada of quality legal fiction and of first-rate science fiction will be happy with the anthology. The topics and titles of the stories in the anthology
Attorney in Fact. "Advice from Auntie Griselda"
Conquest of Space. "Space Station Whiteacre"
Contracts. "Half-a- Dozen Squibs"
Crown Immunity. "The Case of the Driving Princess"
Discrimination. "The Apology Appeal"
Divorce. "Leonard and Lorraine"; "Bryce and Kathleen"
Extradition. "The Sovereignty Heist"
Feghoot. "MMIX"; "MM"
First Contact. "Arrested Contact"; "Barter"
Fraud. "The Guiding Hand"
Insult. "Damn Thee Black"
Interplanetary Relations. "News From a Far Planet"
Judges. "In the Interest of Justice"
Patents. "Inventive Controversy"
Period of Limitation. "Practice Pointer"; "Asimov's Case"
Robots. "The Manumission"
Spacecraft. "Rescue"
Taxation. "The Taxpayer Who Hissed"
Timeviewing. "The Sure Bets"
Treason. "Dare Call It Treason"
War. "The President and the Airliners" Plus
Preface: Thoughts about science fiction.
Essay: Analysis of Frederik Pohl, Stopping at Slowyear (1991).
Post Scriptum: Light poems in the Burma-Shave style.
