The rule of nobody : saving America from dead laws and broken government / Philip K. Howard.
2014
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Author
Title
The rule of nobody : saving America from dead laws and broken government / Philip K. Howard.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Call Number
KF4552 .H69 2014
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393082821 (hardcover)
0393082822 (hardcover)
0393082822 (hardcover)
Description
x, 244 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)738350152
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.
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Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
1
pt. I
The Rule of Nobody
The Rule of Nobody
7
Rethinking The Rule of Law
26
Regulating by Personal Responsibility
47
The Framework of Law, Properly Understood
62
Ending Bureaucratic Amorality
74
History of Human Choice in American Law
96
Government By Real People, Not Theories
110
pt. II
Restoring Human Control of Democracy
Democracy Without Leaders
123
A New Charter For Public Leadership
142
Citizen Supervision Of Government
164
Appendix: Bill of Responsibilities---Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
179
Acknowledgments
185
Notes
189
Selected Bibliography
229
Index
239