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The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher G K Hall & Co
Publication date July 1, 1995
Binding Hardcover
Edition Large print
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780783813615
ISBN-10 0783813619
Dimensions 1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.30 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $21.95
§As reported by publisher
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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
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“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy. America is drowning—in law, lawsuits, and nearly endless red tape. Before acting or making a decision, we often abandon our best instincts. We pause, we worry, we equivocate, and then we divert our energy into trying to protect ourselves. Filled with one too many examples of bureaucratic overreach, The Death of Common Sense demonstrates how we—and our country—can at last get back on track.



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Hardcover
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Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (July 1, 1995)
9780783813615 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $21.95
About: 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
1 edition from Random House Inc (January 1, 1995)
9780679429944 | details & prices | 202 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $18.00
About: An attorney takes a critical approach to law, explaining 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
Paperback
Book cover for 9780446672283 Book cover for 9780812982749
 
from Random House Inc (May 3, 2011)
9780812982749 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $16.00
from Grand Central Pub (March 1, 1996)
9780446672283 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.99
About: In this attack on legal regulations and bureaucratic red tape, a corporate lawyer shows how rules interfere with common sense and have taken away citizens' power to make decisions

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