“A third threat is the growing complexity (and sloppiness) of statute law, a grave problem on both sides of the Atlantic as the mania for elaborate regulation spreads through the political class. I agree with the American legal critic Philip K. Howard that we need a ‘legal spring cleaning’ of obsolete legislation and routine inclusion of ‘sunset provisions’ (expiry dates) in new laws. We must also seek to persuade legislators that their role is not to write an ‘instruction manual’ for the economy that covers every eventuality, right down to the remotest imaginable risk to our health and safety.”

Excerpt From: Ferguson, Niall. “The Great Degeneration.” Penguin Group, USA, 2013-05-15. iBooks.

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