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May 15, 2019
Making and breaking the American legal system
In his new book, “The Nonsense Factory: The Making and Breaking of the American Legal System” (Hachette Books, May 2019), lawyer, author and investor Bruce Cannon Gibney takes a hard look at every level of The Law in America — from law schools to policing to the Supreme Court to the presidency — arguing that the system fails because its constituent parts don’t understand each other, and identifies means for improvement.
In the following excerpt from Chapter 5, "Bureaucracy: Empire By Form," Gibney discusses how modern bureaucracy has led to laws and regulations that are exceedingly difficult to interpret and apply.
BOOK EXCERPT
Even when it's clear what subset of rules applies, the adventure has only begun, because most rules are bewildering and counterintuitive. Consider sales taxes. Many s...
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