The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America

Philip K. Howard

ISBN 10: 0446672289 ISBN 13: 9780446672283
Published by Grand Central Publishing, 1996
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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.

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

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Title: The Death of Common Sense: How Law is ...
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good

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