Life without lawyers
Subtitle: restoring responsibility in America
By: Philip K. Howard
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780393338034
Subjects: Rechtsanwalt; Commonsense reasoning; Recht; Law reform; Reform; Law; Litigious paranoia
Description: "Philip K. Howard's urgent and elegant argument about an overlegalized society is full of real voices and examples, often poignant and sometimes humorous, that cry out for a legal overhaul to restore responsibility in America. Teachers must be allowed to take back control of the classroom. Judges must limit unreasonable or exorbitant claims. We must rebuild boundaries of law that honor responsibility and protect an open field of freedom. What's at stake, Howard explains, is the vitality of American culture"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222).
Table of contents: title: The boundaries of law; title: The freedom to take risks; title: The authority to be fair; title: The boundaries of lawsuits; title: Bureaucracy can't teach; title: The freedom to judge others; title: Responsibility in Washington; title: The freedom to make a difference.