Stuart Taylor, Jr.Book Review: ‘The Rule of Nobody’ by Philip K. Howard – Stuart Taylor, Jr. https://www.stuarttaylorjr.com Online Archive Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:35:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.stuarttaylorjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Book Review: ‘The Rule of Nobody’ by Philip K. Howard – Stuart Taylor, Jr. https://www.stuarttaylorjr.com 32 32 Book Review: ‘The Rule of Nobody’ by Philip K. Howard https://www.stuarttaylorjr.com/book-review-the-rule-of-nobody-by-philip-k-howard/ https://www.stuarttaylorjr.com/book-review-the-rule-of-nobody-by-philip-k-howard/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:56:48 +0000 Stuart Taylor, Jr. http://stuarttaylor.vivacreative.webfactional.com/?p=16719 Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, it’s always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency. In “The Rule of Nobody,” Mr. Howard shows how federal, state and local laws and regulations have programmed officials of both parties to follow rules so detailed, rigid and, often, obsolete as to leave little room for human judgment. He argues passionately that we will never solve our social problems until we abandon what he calls a misguided legal philosophy of seeking to put government on regulatory… Continue reading […]

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