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“By exiling human judgment in the last few decades, modern law changed role from useful tool to brainless tyrant. This legal regime will never be up to the job, any more than the Soviet system of central planning was, because ti can't think. The comedy of law's sterile logic--large POISON signs warning against common sand, spending twenty-two years on pesticide review and deciding next to nothing, allowing fifty-year-old white men to sue for discrimination--is all too reminiscent of the old jokes we used to hear about life in the Eastern bloc. Judgement is to law as water is to crops. It should not be surprising that law has become brittle, and society along with it.”

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Book:The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America
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The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America

This book delves into the consequences of an overreliance on law in everyday life, examining how it has become a restrictive force in American society. more

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Philip K. Howard
Philip K. Howard

Philip K. Howard is an accomplished lawyer known for his profound insights into the intersection of law and politics. His work in legal reform, government transparency, and public morality has had a significant impact on contemporary legal practice. more

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