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Author Howard, Philip K.

Title The lost art of drawing the line : how fairness went too far / Philip K. Howard.

Publication Info. New York : Random Hose, [2001]
©2001
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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  303.3 HOWARD, PHILIP K.    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  349.73 HOWARD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 255 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-252).
Summary "... dissects the dogmas of fairness that have poisoned American culture with legal fear and selfish demands. With vivid examples--often infuriating, often funny--Philip K. Howard ... exposes the fallacies underlying the regime of 'individual rights.' ... Howard shows how politically correct reforms became the enemy of freedom and the common good. ... he exposes laws and institutions that must be demolished or overhauled-- and presents one idea that must be resurrected--to wrest control from short-sighted, self-interested groups." from publisher's description.
Contents 1. The lost art of drawing the line -- 2. The collapse of the common good -- 3. The legal wedge in the racial divide -- 4. The secret to freedom -- 5. The secret to freedom.
Subject Law -- United States.
Pressure groups -- United States.
Litigious paranoia.
Common sense.
Other Form: Online version: Howard, Philip K. Lost art of drawing the line. 1st ed. New York : Random Hose, c2001 (OCoLC)606542990
Online version: Howard, Philip K. Lost art of drawing the line. 1st ed. New York : Random Hose, c2001 (OCoLC)608482966
ISBN 0375504222 alkaline paper
9780375504228 alkaline paper
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