02876nam 2200469 450 991081676670332120230725040022.01-77558-518-21-86940-754-7(CKB)2670000000492103(EBL)1531119(OCoLC)863822527(MiAaPQ)EBC1531119(Au-PeEL)EBL1531119(CaPaEBR)ebr10817543(CaONFJC)MIL550497(EXLCZ)99267000000049210320131231d2011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBriefcase /John AdamsAuckland :Auckland University Press,2011.1 online resource (100 p.)"Lost briefcase containing legal documents and poems. Phone John Adams if found (obtain telephone number from reception)."1-86940-491-2 COVER; BRIEFCASE; Dedication; If the language; Dealing with fog; Appearance; An order is sought for the destruction of the stapler; Pringell: District Court Processes; Launch; Slip; Little freedom; Driving under the influence; Ring, ring; The Genomes of Law; Anything to think; Tenth commanding tablet; Off the page; So may seem the Garden of Eden; Encourage:; Cold one; Erecting your SunBlister Tent; Mist off Bermuda; Under Oath; A short traverse about the panopticon; Without notice; Processional; Sudoku; Over the barrel; Toeing the line; VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT; I give my word; To my widowRisk, going forwardQueues of As; How to cross-examine; Definition; Provisions; Loss leavers; Trying to be single; Gnomative Law; Our part of town; Briefs of evidence; Courting Truth; Wedding Bliss; Index; Amid; Fault lines; Violent villan-elle; 'Fuck you'; 133 van Gogh; Evolution; Justice; Proofbirds; Straight line; Hobble; Anchored; Into hinter; Staples of Law; Attending at that place; Between the lines; Language of Law; Bus trip; Buttons; CopyrightWinner, 2012 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for the Best First Book of PoetrySometimes amusing, sometimes sobering, this compilation by judge John Adams is a melange of poems-in traditional and experimental forms-and other texts, which include affidavits, police reports, a sudoku puzzle, court transcripts, a menu, various wills, and commentaries. A disordered novella that brings insight into the practice and language of the law through legal documents, it superbly explores the role of language as a vessel for truth and an implement of justice.New Zealand poetryNew Zealand poetry.100Adams John287392MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816766703321Briefcase4068539UNINA