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Also by Philip K. Howard:

Life Without Lawyers, January 2009
Hardcover
The Death Of Common Sense, March 1996
Paperback

Life Without Lawyers
Philip K. Howard

Liberating Americans From Too Much Law

W. W. Norton
January 2009
On Sale: January 12, 2009
224 pages
ISBN: 0393065669
EAN: 9780393065664
Hardcover
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How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices—teachers can't maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candor, schools ban the game of tag, and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: "Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller."

Philip K. Howard's urgent and elegant argument is full of examples, often darkly humorous. He describes the historical and cultural forces that led to this mess, and he lays out the basic shift in approach needed to fix it.

Today we are flooded with rules and legal threats that prevent us from taking responsibility and using our common sense. We must rebuild boundaries of law that affirmatively protect an open field of freedom. The stories here will ring true to every reader. The analysis is powerful, and the solution unavoidable. What's at stake, Howard explains in this seminal book, is the vitality of American culture.

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