Leviathan
The Growth of Local Government and the Erosion of Liberty
Published on 1. September 2013
228 pages
978-0-8179-4553-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Leviathan, renowned public interest attorney Bolick describes how the unchecked growth of local governments is eroding our nation''s productive vitality and threatening us with "grassroots tyranny"-and ultimately reveals that, although the rules are often rigged in favor of local governments and against ordinary citizens, we can take action to rein in these bureaucracies.
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07/2004
Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
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Clint Bolick is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and serves as the director of the Goldwater Institute Center for Constitutional Litigation in Phoenix.
Content
- Front Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: The Nature of the Beast
- 1. Leviathan
- 2. Federalism: The Grand Design
- 3. The Curious Evolution of Federalism
- Part Two: The Erosion of Liberty
- 4. Freedom of Commerce and Enterprise
- 5. Private-Property Rights
- 6. Freedom of Speech
- 7. The Right to Be Left Alone
- 8. Racial Discrimination
- 9. The Government School System
- Part Three: Taming the Beast
- 10. Fighting Big Government at the Local Level
- Notes
- About the Author
- Index
