Life without lawyers : liberating Americans from too much law /
Philip K. Howard.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
- 221 pages. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218).
The boundaries of law -- The freedom to take risks -- The authority to be fair -- The boundaries of lawsuits -- Bureaucracy can't teach -- The freedom to judge others -- Responsibility in Washington -- The freedom to make a difference.
A darkly humorous assessment of what the author identifies as a loss of freedom to make sense of daily choices in America cites such dilemmas as inane safety warnings and the growing powerlessness of business and educational leaders, in a call-to-action that argues for more empowering, common-sense boundaries of law.
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014889934 Uk
Litigious paranoia--United States. Reforma legal--Estados Unidos Derecho