Bad Laws: An Explosive Analysis of Britain's Petty Rules, Health and Safety Lunacies, and Madcap Laws is a book written by Philip Johnston and published by Constable in 2010. Foster thought it expert and merciless. Appleton called it "thorough and persuasive".Appleton, Josie. Send in the Clown's: Britain's Bizarre New Laws. Spiked. December 2010.

See also Dumb laws Law reform

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