The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America - Softcover

Philip K. Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446672289 ISBN 13: 9780446672283

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

This concise and eloquent manifesto shows how the excess of government regulations does not protect Americans but instead acts as legal quicksand, stifling growth and creating paralyzing overbureaucratization. Using blood-boiling examples of government regulations run amok, Howard reveals a society in which rules have replaced thinking--allowing law to infiltrate the nooks and crannies of everyday life.

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From the Inside Flap:

disturbing, devastatingly detailed--this stunning examination of how modern laws are diminishing America exposes the drawbacks of rule-bound government, tells why nothing gets done, reveals the phony pretensions of law, and shows why well-intentioned laws have actually devalued rights. In short, The Death of Common Sense demonstrates how the buck never stops and how ell-meaning laws are creating a nation of enemies. (Poltics/Current Events)

About the Author:

Philip K. Howard is a lawyer and the author of The Death of Common Sense. He has advised leaders of both parties on legal and regulatory reform. Howard grew up in small towns in the South and is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He is a managing partner of an international law firm and lives in Manhattan with his wife. They have four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0446672289
• ISBN 13: 9780446672283
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224