The rule of nobody : saving America from dead laws and broken government
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
340.11/HOWARD,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
©2014
©2014
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 244 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780393082821 (hardcover), 0393082822 (hardcover), 9780393082821
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The rule of nobody -- Rethinking the rule of law -- Regulating by personal responsibility -- The framework of law, properly understood -- Ending bureaucratic amorality -- History of human choice in American law -- Government by real people, not theories -- Democracy without leaders -- A new charter for public leadership -- Citizen supervision of government
Discusses how dead rules and outmoded laws inhibit policy changes and paralyze officials and citizens and argues how setting goals and boundaries instead of dictating choices can mobilize the democracy