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  <title><![CDATA[The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America]]></title>
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  <default_description>Distressing, disturbing, devastatingly detailed--this stunning examination of how modern laws are diminishing America exposes the drawbacks of rule-bound government, tells why nothing gets done, reveals the phony pretensions of law, and shows why well-intentioned laws have actually devalued rights. In short, The Death of Common Sense demonstrates how the buck never stops and how ell-meaning laws are creating a nation of enemies. (Poltics/Current Events)</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1995</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip K. Howard]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know that this book looks like it would be mind-numbingly boring but it is actually a great read and only takes a few hours. If all of the stories weren't frustratingly true then this could be comedy. This book makes a journey through government regulation that is supposed to save us from ourselve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42612296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We read this for reading club last year and I had forgotten all about it until I heard the author interviewed about his new book on C-Span's Q&amp;A.  The book was OK, but seemed to overly rely on scary anecdotes to make larger judgments about the state of the legal world. As far as common sense, it see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47474880">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read a couple good excerpts from the book and thought I would give it a shot. The subtitle &quot;How Law is Killing America&quot; made me a little nervous but it turned out to be a great book. The book lays out, using examples of how laws and regulations set out by Congress are ineffective and mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44625512">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25327480">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a good bedtime read. It's frankly aggravating, but I knew that coming in. This is, more or less, 287 pages of stating the obvious, but in ways that continue to amaze and infuriate anew. In short, there are too many laws, and more specifically, too many highly detailed universal regulatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25327480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13493817">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 25 06:35:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Philip K. Howard, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America (Random House, 1994)<br/>by what little justice there is on this planet<br/><br/>I don't think there's a single person in America outside Capitol Hill who doesn't realize that the more laws you have, the more loopholes the l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13493817">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1428180">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 24 18:32:31 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 24 18:39:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author provides a very concise and interesting account of the ludicrousness of modern law and code. He analyzes many cases in which strict codes (building or health, for example) dampen the ability accomplish anything in a reasonable amount of time and cause much more harm than good. To give an ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1428180">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32404445">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so interesting.  I finally felt like my frustrations with government were being addressed.  This book explains why so much of law today has become inefficient, never-ending procedure.  This should be required reading for politicians and voters alike.  It addresses the inefficiency of m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32404445">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41712286">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 03 08:14:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book- clearly shows why we need a system of law based on general principles rather than nitpicky specifics.  The legal system is out of control in this country- we need a code of laws that is short enough to be read by every American.  Today even lawyers can't know all the millions of laws...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41712286">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59233459">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 10 21:17:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[An incredible book!  By page 53, I knew this should be required reading for ANYONE in any kind of political office, from town council toThe Oval Office.<br/><br/>The explanation of process, due process and procedure would make any Libotarian cry.....and say &quot;I told you so.&quot;<br/><br/>Ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59233459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44695152">
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    <name><![CDATA[Anders]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[no, seriously, think about it!]]></body>
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    <review id="58887278">
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    <body><![CDATA[I am sure this author likes Ayn Rand.]]></body>
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    <review id="76323202">
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    <name><![CDATA[Roger]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[BORING]]></body>
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    <review id="6367353">
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    <name><![CDATA[Phil]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 17 22:07:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 17 22:09:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic book demonstrating how a representative democracy governed by law can overwhelm the citizen which allows law to dictate everything from the length of a ladder to the amount of calories allowed in food. Put another way, at what point do we draw the line between law and common sense? When ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6367353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="86301">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Describes the rise of rationalism in America and its consequences. A fine description of how the best of intentions react with the law of unintended consequences to create a tyranny of law, the death of responsibility and the paralysis of the primary strength of democracy—its ability to achieve co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/86301">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is so good! definitely for the liberal minded. ]]></body>
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    <review id="2140264">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[All Interested in the Law]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book right after finals.  A good reminder that we live neither in a vacuum, a textbook or a world of absolutes.  We are human beings and the &quot;human factor&quot; cannot be legislated out of us or predicted no matter how lenghty the statute or how many elements the COA contains.<br/>A ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2140264">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11624160">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 04 08:25:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 04 08:44:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book breaks down the inefficiencies of the American application of law.   Not so much the court system, but the laws themselves.  It's an interesting take on our how our compilation of laws on equality, freedom, and safety can often close the door on perfectly reasonable proposals or ideas.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11624160">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19517253">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this book in college for my Poli Sci class and it was so good I've kept it all these years.  Written by a former lawyer, this book takes a look at the hard facts of our legal system and its serious flaws.  Great reading!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is about laws in america and how we are inundated w. laws that prohibit us from using common sense to make good decisions.  good book no matter what your political view.  ]]></body>
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