Demise of the Common Law: The Story behind America's Legislative Anarchy.

by Ed Blanton

"Demise of the Common Law" exposes the reasons America’s legislatures have descended into anarchy. Lawyers, legislators, “loopholes,” and the arts of degeneracy have made it so.Ed Blanton’s memoir that reads like a novel, as the author recalls his life as both a lawyer and drafter of legislation during the last half-century. He provides a first-hand, insider account about the causes of American corruption, the forces behind it and the special interests for whom political graft is essential to maintaining the profits of “rugged corporate individualism.” An America where the current average return on investment for every $1 in corporate lobbying yields $216 by way of “special-interest tax relief.”“Demise of the Common Law” evidences a simple As goes the legal profession, so goes a nation’s legislatures, it’s laws and its moral fiber.Ed He could have done more.It’s time we demanded better.

248 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2012