The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America (CLOTH) - Hardcover

Howard, Philip K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0783813619 ISBN 13: 9780783813615

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1995

Synopsis

An attorney explains how a rule-bound government has promoted bureaucratic gridlock, created a litigious society, and become detrimental to intelligent decision making on the part of judges, industry, and government

About this title

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: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0783813619
• ISBN 13: 9780783813615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288