Philip K. Howard
Auteur de The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America
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Philip K. Howard is the author of The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. In this book, Howard explains how America's system of government regulation has created bureaucracy, an overabundance of lawsuits, and a legal system that has run amok. Howard discusses his views of how afficher plus judgment and commonsense have been replaced by distorted rules and regulations that hurt justice more than they help it. Philip K. Howard was born on October 24, 1948, in Atlanta, Ga. After graduating from Yale University and the University of Virginia Law School, he set up a successful private practice. In addition to his writing activities, he has served as a consultant for various government agencies. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Philip K. Howard. Photo by Steve Jurvetson (Jurvetson on flickr).
Œuvres de Philip K. Howard
The Collapse of the Common Good: How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom (2002) 67 exemplaires
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- Date de naissance
- 1948-10-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Yale University
University of Virginia School of Law - Professions
- attorney
- Organisations
- Covington & Burling
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Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 1,210
- Popularité
- #21,234
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 27
- Favoris
- 2
In short the book proposes reducing our reliance on laws and increasing reliance on individuals taking responsibility for what they see in front of them. The author then proposes five new amendments to the us constitution: the first is that every law that impacts budgets will have a sunset clause; the second and the third reinstate power to the executive branch; the fourth requires judges to approve a lawsuit before the potential defendant has to respond at all (ideally to prevent harassing litigation); and the last enacts a council of citizens who will essentially be a nonpartisan advisory body to congress.
Interesting ideas that I broadly agree with but have to think seriously about the ramifications.… (plus d'informations)