The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America - Softcover

Howard, Philip K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446672289 ISBN 13: 9780446672283

Publisher: Warner Books, 1996

Synopsis

In a critically acclaimed, well-researched 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. Reprint. National ad/promo.

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Review

"Incendiary . . . stimulating and controversial.""--San Francisco Examiner
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"[Philip K.] Howard's argument is fresh, reflecting an impressive combination of wisdom, wry humor, and quiet passion. . . . When we think about 'reinventing government, ' it's a good place to start.""--The New York Times Book Review"
"A valuable book . . . a call for personal responsibility and initiative in government."--"People"
"The delights of this policy prose poem lie in its perfect details, its civilized tone, its sure sense of where the ill-made legal shoe pinches.""--The Wall Street Journal"
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"A brilliant diagnosis . . . forceful, trenchant, and eloquent."--Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
"Excellent.""--The Washington Post"

Incendiary . . . stimulating and controversial. " San Francisco Examiner
"
[Philip K.] Howard s argument is fresh, reflecting an impressive combination of wisdom, wry humor, and quiet passion. . . . When we think about reinventing government, it s a good place to start. " The New York Times Book Review"
A valuable book . . . a call for personal responsibility and initiative in government. "People"
The delights of this policy prose poem lie in its perfect details, its civilized tone, its sure sense of where the ill-made legal shoe pinches. " The Wall Street Journal"
""
A brilliant diagnosis . . . forceful, trenchant, and eloquent. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Excellent. " The Washington Post""

"Incendiary . . . stimulating and controversial."--San Francisco Examiner

"[Philip K.] Howard's argument is fresh, reflecting an impressive combination of wisdom, wry humor, and quiet passion. . . . When we think about 'reinventing government, ' it's a good place to start."--The New York Times Book Review

"A valuable book . . . a call for personal responsibility and initiative in government."--People

"The delights of this policy prose poem lie in its perfect details, its civilized tone, its sure sense of where the ill-made legal shoe pinches."--The Wall Street Journal

"A brilliant diagnosis . . . forceful, trenchant, and eloquent."--Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

"Excellent."--The Washington Post

About the Author

Philip K. Howard is a lawyer and the author of The Death of Common Sense. He has advised leaders of both parties on legal and regulatory reform. Howard grew up in small towns in the South and is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He is a managing partner of an international law firm and lives in Manhattan with his wife. They have four children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446672289
• ISBN 13: 9780446672283
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 213