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Author Howard, Philip K., author.

Title The rule of nobody : saving America from dead laws and broken government / Philip K. Howard.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  340.11 H835    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  340.11 HOWARD    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  340.11 HOWARD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  340.11 HO    Check Shelf
Edition First Edition.
Description x, 244 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-237) and index.
Contents The rule of nobody -- Rethinking the rule of law -- Regulating by human responsibility -- The framework of law, properly understood -- Ending bureaucratic amorality -- History of human choice in American law -- Government by real people, not theories -- Democracy without leaders -- A new charter for public leadership -- Citizen supervision of government.
Summary Discusses how dead rules and outmoded laws inhibit policy changes and paralyze officials and citizens and argues how setting goals and boundaries instead of dictating choices can mobilize the democracy.
Subject Constitutional law -- United States.
Law reform -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
Representative government and representation -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
ISBN 9780393082821 (hbk.)
0393082822 (hbk.)
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