By emphasizing violations rather than problems, regulation promotes bitterness and conflict. This is exemplified, Howard says, by our fixation with rights. Howard does not offer any concrete proposals for reversing America's growing dependence on regulation. Nevertheless, he does outline a number of guiding principles toward addressing the problem. Law should articulate goals, award subsidies, allocate presumptions, and provide mechanisms for resolving disagreements, but law should almost never provide the final answer.
Life is too complex.
Law can't think, and so law must be entrusted to humans and they must take responsibility for their interpretation of it.