The horse racing crowd is comprised of colorful, passionate people: where else can you find a mixture of farmhands, jockeys, old money, and gamblers? And when you force such an unruly world of disparate and singular people into the structure and formality of the legal system, you get a fascinating array of events and decisions. In twenty-one chapters covering everything from drugs to syndicates to cloning, The Little Book of Horse-Racing Law thoroughly covers the intersection of law and racing.
In 1988, Charles Palmer became a professor at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School teaching Torts, Property, Contracts, Art Law, Pretrial Litigation, and numerous other legal subjects. But the horses have always had their allure. Palmer saw Secretariat win the Kentucky Derby. He is the father of 3 sons, and they reside in Lansing, Michigan.