About this title: Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choicesa??teachers cana??t maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candour, schools ban the game of tag and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: a??Remove Baby Before Folding Strollera??. Philip K. Howarda??s urgent and elegant argument is full of examples, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2009-01-11
ISBN-13:9780393065664ISBN:0393065669
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780393065664ISBN:0393065669
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780393065664ISBN:0393065669
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. pp. [10] 221. "Today Americans are flooded with rules and legal threats that prevent them from taking responsibility and using common sense. Howard argues that it is necessary to rebuild boundaries of law that affirmatively protect an open field of freedom. The analysis is powerful and the solution unavoidable. Whats at stake, Howard explains, is the vitality of American culture. ' read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780393065664ISBN:0393065669
Description: New. From the author of the bestselling "The Death of Common Sense" comes this urgent and elegant argument to restore the can-do spirit that made America great. Howard argues that Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices, and he exp... read more
"A book about taking back law in the US. This book gives so many ridiculous rules that we have to live by, which ultimately restrict our freedoms. His examples focus on educators, health care, and the judicial system. We can't act on our instincts because of fear of a lawsuit. Teachers have no power in the classroom because of lawsuits. Crazy."
"Philip K. Howard argues for commonsense legal and bureaucratic reform as a remedy for the paralysis and demoralization that plague all modern institutions. These problems are caussd--in Howard's view-- by fear of lawsuits, an overemphasis on individual rights (as opposed to group or community rights) and an excessive devotion to "due process," particularly as a preemptive strategy. He argues that teachers, doctors and managers must be allowed to exercise their individual judgments without continual fear of litigation, and that their superiors--not the law courts--are the ones who should typically judge the rightness of their actions. Judges should have the authority to dismisses frivolous lawsuits, and the courts themselves should primarily be used to defend the rights of groups, not to rectify the grievances of litigious individuals. One of the good things about Howard's approach is that he strives for balance between right and left; Both Republicans and Democrats will find much to praise here and at least a few things to disagree with."
"I mostly picked this book up because the title made me tingly all over. Okay, I actually picked it up because I had read a previous book by Mr. Howard called The Death of Common Sense and enjoyed it. In Life Without Lawyers he calls for some bold changes to our overly-regulated and legalistic system in order to return accountability to the people and eliminate the mindless rule-following that has damaged our way of life. Fascinating read. I checked it out from the library and now I'm going to have to buy it because I kept wanting to underline and write notes in it."
"For years Phillip Kay Howard has been trying shine a light on the absurdies of our legal and politcial systems. And he's right in almost everything he says. And he lays out a plan for changing things, but I wonder how it will be implemented, and there are places where it seems he contradicts himself. He says we need less government, and then goes on to suggest government mandated service. It seems a little contradictory. But he's right in everything he says.
But in the end, how do we wrest power away from those who are either abusing it, or scared to use it for the public good? This is definitely a book to make you think. But will it be enough to make you take action?"
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