Review of the book: The Lost Art of Drawing the Line by Philip K. Howard
This is a book suggesting our laws have become our jailers and often do not lead to fairness. It presents numerous examples where Judges following the law act in ways that hurt the innocent. In essence it is an attack on the belief we can create fair laws for everything. The suggested solution is to give judges some ability to consider fairness rather than interpreting existing laws. Strange as it may seem this book is touching on a basic component of an ecopath, "process". It shows that life is a moving target and you can't define everything exactly. On the other hand you can't have fairness without some guidelines. If you try to have laws covering everything then people stop thinking about fairness and focus on the laws. A few powerful organizations can find ways to change the laws to their advantage. I don't know what to think of this book. It is touching on a real problem but some solutions may create worse problems. For starters we may want to define "fairness". jeff
