| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
221 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218). |
| Contents |
The boundaries of law -- The freedom to take risks -- The authority to be fair -- The boundaries of lawsuits -- Bureaucracy can't teach -- The freedom to judge others -- Responsibility in Washington -- The freedom to make a difference. |
| Summary |
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. 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. |
| Subject |
Law -- United States.
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Law reform -- United States.
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Litigious paranoia.
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Commonsense reasoning.
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| ISBN |
9780393065664 hardcover |
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0393065669 hardcover |
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