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 example, he discussed a case in New York City in which a group of nuns gained possession of an abandonded building and using church funds were trying to renovate it into a homeless shelter. However, New York code mandates that any public building have an elevator. Installation of an elevator would have put the sisters considerably above cost allowances and they argued that any handicap accessability of upper levels wouldn't be necessary as they would put all necessary accomodations on the first level. The city would not hear of it and as a result, the shelter was never opened.
The reason I give this only four stars is that after a while it becomes repetitive and slow. It provides a compelling case and look into such illogicality that exists in our system but perhaps a little too much.