false 6090876 1 <p><strong><strong>How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling <em>The Death of Common Sense</em>.</strong> </strong> 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." <p></p> <p /> 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. <p></p></p> 6267837 12 1 2009 Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law total:15|5:2|4:4|3:5|2:3|1:1| 15 48 48 7 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:27:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:51:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:27:52 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:13:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:39:12 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:42:52 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 23:08:44 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 22:48:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 08 17:06:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 17:07:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 19:32:46 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 19:34:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:08:10 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 21:29:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 09:29:20 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 09:29:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 17:07:36 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 18:37:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 10:57:21 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:57:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 19:27:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:27:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 18:09:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 18:09:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 12:27:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:27:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 10:23:36 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:23:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 19 21:46:27 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 21:46:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 20:35:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:35:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 18:44:21 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 18:44:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 16:07:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:07:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 14:06:10 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 14:06:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 14:56:12 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 12:05:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6090876