Life Without Lawyers by Philip K Howard

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How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.

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Life Without Lawyers by Philip K Howard

Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices—teachers can't maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candor, schools ban the game of tag, and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: "Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller." Philip K. Howard's urgent and elegant argument is full of examples, often darkly humorous. He describes the historical and cultural forces that led to this mess, and he lays out the basic shift in approach needed to fix it. Today we are flooded with rules and legal threats that prevent us from taking responsibility and using our common sense. We must rebuild boundaries of law that affirmatively protect an open field of freedom. The stories here will ring true to every reader. The analysis is powerful, and the solution unavoidable. What's at stake, Howard explains in this seminal book, is the vitality of American culture.
Philip K. Howard is the founder of Common Good, a nonprofit that advocates for simplifying government. His book, The Rule of Nobody, was a finalist for the Manhattan Institute’s Hayek Book Prize. He lives in New York.
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ISBN 13 9780393065664
ISBN 10 0393065669
Title Life Without Lawyers
Author Philip K Howard
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Binding type Hardback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 2009-01-30
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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