Mince pies, Parliament and Peculiar Old Laws: The enduring popularity of legal myths

Joanna McCunn, Lecturer, Law School, University of Bristol

Have you heard that it’s illegal to die in Parliament? Or to eat mince pies on Christmas Day? Are you a Welshman who’s been nervously avoiding Chester, and do you fret about committing treason by posting a letter with an upside-down stampPerhaps you look back with horror on those childhood crime sprees of ringing doorbells and running away 

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